Boca Raton by Lauren Groff

Author:Lauren Groff [Groff, Lauren]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781542041379
Amazon: B07H7BV4MN
Publisher: Amazon Original Stories
Published: 2018-10-29T16:00:00+00:00

She was still feeling ill when Lily came out of her bedroom in the first light of morning. She warily approached her mother and put her hands on her feet.

What’s wrong? the girl said. Your face is all red and puffy. And your eyeballs have, like, veins in them.

Oh, Lily, it’s nothing. It’s just, Ange said, I haven’t slept in three nights. I’m so, so, so, so tired.

Take a sick day, Lily said. Take a nap. I’ll stay home and take care of you.

I know you would, honey, Ange said and heaved herself to sitting, and her head spun a little bit. Lily made a face at her mother, then went into the kitchen, got the sugar cereal down, and put extra honey on top. She was acting out; she was angry. Since she was a baby, Lily had always been a tuning fork; she rang with her mother’s hidden emotions. Just before Teo left, she’d felt the emotion and responded with colic, baby Lily taking her mother’s side.

But Ange couldn’t fight her daughter today. She had no strength. She sat next to Lily and stole a few bites of her cereal, and this made Lily laugh, although reluctantly.

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