Praise for Me Before You
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1e26ddfa-8682-47f5-9fb7-43f8d306c0c8Moyes, Jojo - Me Before You
The Red Queen?”
“I have no idea what you’re talking about. But I can assure you I’m not sitting on your bed singing the ‘Molahonkey Song’ because I’m trying to get my leg over. And when I was three, I just really, really liked having stripy legs.” I realized that the anxiety that had held me in its grip all day was slowly ebbing away with every one of Will’s comments. I was no longer in sole charge of a poorly quadriplegic. It was just me, sitting next to a particularly sarcastic bloke, having a chat. “So come on, then, what happened to these gorgeous glittery wellies?” “She had to throw them away. I got terrible athlete’s foot.” “Delightful.” “And she threw the tights away too.” “Why?” “I never found out. But it broke my heart. I have never found a pair of tights I loved like that again. They don’t do them anymore. Or if they do, they don’t make them for grown women.” “Strange, that.” “Oh, you can mock. Didn’t you ever love anything that much?” I could barely see him now, the room shrouded in the near dark. I could have turned on the overhead light, but something stopped me. And almost as soon as I realized what I had said, I wished I hadn’t. “Yes,” he said, quietly. “Yes, I did.” We talked a bit longer, and then Will nodded off. I lay there, watching him breathe, and occasionally wondering what he would say if he woke up and found me staring at him, at his too-long hair and tired eyes and scraggly beginnings of a beard. But I couldn’t move. The hours had become surreal, an island out of time. I was the only other person in the house, and I was still afraid to leave him. Shortly after eleven, I saw he had begun to sweat again, his breathing becoming shallower, and I woke him and made him take some fever medication. He didn’t talk, except to murmur his thanks. I changed his top sheet and his pillowcase, and then, when he finally slept again, I lay down a foot away from him and, a long time later, I slept too. I woke to the sound of my name. I was in a classroom, asleep on my desk, and the teacher was rapping a blackboard, repeating my name again and again. I knew I should be paying attention, knew that the teacher would see this slumber as an act of subversion, but I could not raise my head from the desk. “Louisa.” “Mmmhghh.” “Louisa.” The desk was awfully soft. I opened my eyes. The words were being spoken over my head, hissed, but with great emphasis. Louisa. I was in bed. I blinked, letting my eyes focus, then looked up to find Camilla Traynor standing over me. She wore a heavy wool coat and her handbag was slung over her shoulder. “Louisa.” I pushed myself upright with a start. Beside me, Will was asleep under the covers, his mouth slightly open, his elbow bent at a right angle in front of him. Light seeped in through the window, telling of a cold, bright morning. “Uh.” “What are you doing?” I felt as if I had been caught doing something awful. I rubbed at my face, trying to gather my thoughts. Why was I in here? What could I tell her? “What are you doing in Will’s bed?” “Will…,” I said, quietly. “Will wasn’t well…I just thought I should keep an eye—” “What do you mean, he wasn’t well? Look, come out into the hall.” She strode out of the room, evidently waiting for me to catch up. I followed, trying to straighten my clothes. I had a horrible feeling my makeup was smeared all over my face. She closed Will’s bedroom door behind me. I stood in front of her, trying to smooth my hair as I gathered my thoughts. “Will had a temperature. Nathan got it down when he came, but I didn’t know about this regulating thing and I wanted to keep an eye on him…he said I should keep an eye on him…” My voice sounded thick, unformed. I wasn’t entirely sure I was making coherent sentences. “Why didn’t you call me? If he was ill you should have called me immediately. Or Mr. Traynor.” It was as if my synapses had suddenly snapped together. Download 2.9 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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