Praise for Me Before You
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1e26ddfa-8682-47f5-9fb7-43f8d306c0c8Moyes, Jojo - Me Before You
Heartless. And to think they got Louisa
involved in all this. She’s a magistrate, for goodness’ sake. You’d think a magistrate would know what was right or wrong. Of all people. I’ve a good mind to head down there now and bring him back here.” “It’s complicated, Mum.” “No. It’s not. He’s vulnerable and there is no way on earth she should entertain the thought of it. I’m shocked. That poor man. That poor man.” She got up from the table, taking the remains of the chicken with her, and stalked out to the kitchen. Louisa watched her go, her expression a little stunned. Mum was never angry. I think the last time we heard her raise her voice was 1993. Dad shook his head, his mind apparently elsewhere. “I’ve just thought—no wonder I haven’t seen Mr. Traynor. I wondered where he was. I assumed they were all off on some family holiday.” “They’ve…they’ve gone?” “He’s not been in these last two days.” Lou sat back down and slumped in her chair. “Oh shit,” I said, and then clamped my hands around Thomas’s ears. “It’s tomorrow.” Lou looked at me, and I glanced up at the calendar on the wall. “The thirteenth of August. It’s tomorrow.” Lou did nothing that last day. She was up before me, staring out the kitchen window. It rained, and then it cleared, and then it rained again. She lay on the sofa with Granddad, and she drank the tea that Mum made her, and every half an hour or so I watched her gaze slide silently toward the mantelpiece and check the clock. It was awful to watch. I took Thomas swimming and I tried to make her come with us. I said Mum would mind him if she wanted to go to the shops with me later. I said I’d take her to the pub, just the two of us, but she refused every offer. “What if I made a mistake, Treen?” she said, so quietly that only I could hear it. I glanced up at Granddad, but he had eyes only for the racing. I think Dad was still putting on a sneaky bet each way for him, even though he denied it to Mum. “What do you mean?” “What if I should have gone with him?” “But…you said you couldn’t.” Outside, the skies were gray. She stared through our immaculate windows at the miserable day beyond. “I know what I said. But I just can’t bear not knowing what’s happening.” Her face crumpled a little. “I can’t bear not knowing how he’s feeling. I can’t bear the fact that I never even got to say good-bye.” “Couldn’t you go now? Maybe try and get a flight?” “It’s too late,” she said. And then she closed her eyes. “I’d never get there in time. There’s only two hours left until…until it stops for the day. I looked it up. On the Internet.” I waited. “They don’t…do…it…after five thirty.” She shook her head in bemusement. “Something to do with the Swiss officials who have to be there. They don’t like…certifying…things outside office hours.” I almost laughed. But I didn’t know what to say to her. I couldn’t imagine having to wait, as she was waiting, knowing what might be happening in some far-off place. I had never loved a man like she seemed to love Will. I had liked men, sure, and wanted to sleep with them, but sometimes I wondered if I was missing some sensitivity chip. I couldn’t imagine crying over anyone I’d been with. The only equivalent was if I thought about Thomas waiting to die in some strange country, and as soon as that thought came to mind it made something inside me actually flip over, it was so hideous. So I stuck that in the back of my mental filing cabinet too, under the drawer labeled: Download 2.9 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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