And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman

Author:Fredrik Backman [Backman, Fredrik]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Atria Books
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

“My brain is shrinking now, the square gets smaller every night.”

She strokes his temples.

“Do you remember what you said, when we first fell in love, that sleeping was a torment?”

“Yes. Because we couldn’t share our sleep. Every morning when I blinked awake, the seconds before I knew where I was were unbearable. Until I knew where you were.”

She kisses him.

“I know that the way home is getting longer and longer every morning. But I loved you because your brain, your world, was always bigger than everyone else’s. There’s still a lot of it left.”

“I miss you unbearably.”

She smiles, her tears on his face.

“Darling stubborn you. I know you never believed in life after death. But you should know that I’m dearly, dearly, dearly hoping that you’re wrong.”

The road behind her is blurry, the horizon bearing rain. He holds her as hard as he can. Sighs deeply.

“Lord how you’ll argue with me then. If we meet in Heaven.”

A rake has been left propped against a wall. Lying next to it are three plant markers flecked with damp earth. On the ground, there’s a bag with a pair of glasses sticking out of one of its pockets. A microscope has been forgotten on a footstool and there’s a white coat hanging from a hook, a pair of red shoes visible beneath. Grandpa proposed to her here, by the fountain, and Grandma’s things are still everywhere.

The boy carefully touches the lump on Grandpa’s forehead.

“Does it hurt?” he asks.

“No, not really,” Grandpa replies.

“I mean on the inside. Does it hurt on the inside?”

“It hurts less and less. That’s one good thing about forgetting things. You forget the things that hurt too.”

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