Baker's Blues by Judith Ryan Hendricks

Author:Judith Ryan Hendricks [Ryan Hendricks, Judith]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Judith Ryan Hendricks
Published: 2015-06-23T04:00:00+00:00

Minutes later he’s dressed and sitting in the chair in Willow’s office, wrapped in a light blanket because, in spite of the afternoon heat, he still feels chilled. He can hear their voices but not their words, talking about him out in the hallway. In a minute Willow comes in with a steaming mug, which she sets on the desk in front of him.

“Chamomile.” She waits patiently for him to drink some of the tea and then she says, “What are you feeling?”

“I don’t know.” His voice is tight and hoarse. “Like everything’s a mistake. Like I could have fixed it but I never did and now…I can’t. Like every wrong thing comes from the one before and makes the next thing wrong. Like dominoes. Like I don’t know how it started and I can’t make it stop.”

He sets the cup down because his hands are shaking and he looks at her, waiting for the answer. Waiting for her to say, nothing’s really wrong. All you have to do is…But she doesn’t say that.

“Okay, what is it? What’s wrong with me?”

“That’s what I need you to tell me, Mac.”

She sits back in the big chair and folds her arms and looks at him some more. “What happened?” she asks in her soft voice. “Mary said you brought up some very disturbing memories.”

He wipes his hands on the thighs of his jeans.

“There was something devastating. What was it? How old were you? What did you lose?”

“My…brother.” His voice cracks and heat races up into his face.

“That’s a terrible loss. Tell me what happened.”

“It was an accident. A car accident. Kevin died. And Amanda. His girlfriend.”

“And you were there? In the car?”

He swallows. “I was driving.”

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