Box Set by Kim Petersen

Author:Kim Petersen [Petersen, Kim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Whispering Ink Press
Published: 2018-02-20T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

A freight train, balancing precariously on flimsy railroad tracks charged through her head at an alarming speed. The relentless wailing pierced through Emily’s ears. She squeezed her eyes shut. Just stop for God’s sake! She gritted her teeth and plunged her face under the feather down pillow, and turned her back on the cries issuing out of the nursery next to her room. Why won’t they stop? Just let me be … “Just let me be!” she shouted.

She knew Chad had already left for his job as a plumber. Most mornings he was gone long before she or the twins had woken, and most evenings he arrived home late when he knew she would already be in bed sleeping. Her mind drifted to the only relief she knew. If she could manage it, she would spend all her life asleep, because her only escape was when she was asleep. All she wanted to do now was go back to sleep, but they wouldn’t allow her. Her mind shifted back to the twins’ cries, which had reached a frenzy. It took every ounce of energy she could gather to leave the warmth of her bed.

“I’m coming … I’m coming,” she called to them. After all, she did love her baby boys. She just wished she could feel the same way about her life.

Emily paused to look at Lachie and Kaleb as they balanced on chubby legs, grasping the wooden posts of their cots for support. Identical chocolate eyes stared back at their mother as they both paused in their hysterics. Emily scuffled near them with her hair unkempt and a pink night dress that hadn’t seen the washing machine for five nights. Emily figured they could get a few weeks wear out of all their clothes before they ran out. She sighed heavily as she dragged her feet to tend to her children. I guess someone might have to wash something eventually. But that someone was not going to be her, because a few weeks ago she had a new idea. It had started as just the tiniest fantasy, but the more she thought on it, the more it had become a real option for her and the boys – a way out of this nightmare. Emily knew her plan was right for her and her little boys because even thinking about it gave her great relief. But first, before she could execute her plan, she had to give her husband one last chance to turn his hard-hearted actions around. It would be one last chance to claim and love their family before they would slip away from him forever.

She bent forward to pluck up one of the boys. Kaleb smiled and gurgled while clinging tightly to her nightdress. Emily drew nearer to Lachie who had bounced back to the soft mattress beneath him. Butterball fists climbed their way up the railings to stand proudly again as she closed in on him. Kaleb gave a happy squeal as they approached his twin, and his little pudgy fingers reached out for Lachie’s.

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