Wish You Were Here (2015)
“It snaked for miles and, on another day, at another time, I’d have found an official, asked questions, demanded answers – been embarrassing, my daughters would say: ‘doing a Mum’. Right now, though, I just took it on the chin. I was feeling numb, so standing in a daze in a queue of complete strangers, thoughts chasing around my head, suited me. I welcomed the complete inertia in my body to counteract my very fast brain.
The man in front of me turned and gave a wry smile. ‘Not much we can do abo...ut it, is there?’ I gazed at him. Middle-aged, nice, open face, balding. Actually, there was.
‘Excuse me,’ I muttered, sort of to him but also to the young chap behind me, who was weighed down with an assortment of backpacks and was blocking the way. I muscled past and through the throng, in the direction of the main concourse. Then I span around, looking for signs. Ah. That way. Down the escalator I went, following directions to the station. In the end, I had to get a taxi across town, as the station was not situated within the airport, it transpired, and then, when I reached it, I spent ages trying to work out a French timetable.MoreLess
The man in front of me turned and gave a wry smile. ‘Not much we can do abo...ut it, is there?’ I gazed at him. Middle-aged, nice, open face, balding. Actually, there was.
‘Excuse me,’ I muttered, sort of to him but also to the young chap behind me, who was weighed down with an assortment of backpacks and was blocking the way. I muscled past and through the throng, in the direction of the main concourse. Then I span around, looking for signs. Ah. That way. Down the escalator I went, following directions to the station. In the end, I had to get a taxi across town, as the station was not situated within the airport, it transpired, and then, when I reached it, I spent ages trying to work out a French timetable.MoreLess
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