Worth the Fall
“~ Rodney Dangerfield Eighteen years ago Alison heard Petey come into the motel room but pretended she was asleep. It wasn’t hard to do because the pills they’d given her at the hospital had knocked her out for most of the day. It had to be nearly eight o’clock, but she was facing away from the nightstand and the clock.
Petey quietly moved around the room. She heard the rustle of a paper bag. Good, he’d gone out to get some food. He must have been absolutely famished by now. The thought ...of food for her, on the other hand, turned her stomach.
This is what she’d imagined this night would be—her resting in a motel room, Petey available if she needed him.
But it was Iron Mountain, not Green Bay. And the ultimate choice had not been hers but had been thrust upon her.
She tried to be honest with herself and poked around her raw feelings for a little relief that she hadn’t had to make the choice.MoreLess
Petey quietly moved around the room. She heard the rustle of a paper bag. Good, he’d gone out to get some food. He must have been absolutely famished by now. The thought ...of food for her, on the other hand, turned her stomach.
This is what she’d imagined this night would be—her resting in a motel room, Petey available if she needed him.
But it was Iron Mountain, not Green Bay. And the ultimate choice had not been hers but had been thrust upon her.
She tried to be honest with herself and poked around her raw feelings for a little relief that she hadn’t had to make the choice.MoreLess
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