Deep Breath Hold Tight: Stories About the End of Everything by Gurley Jason

Author:Gurley, Jason [Gurley, Jason]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-05-12T22:00:00+00:00

There you are.

Good morning.

I don't know why I thought you would be anywhere else. It's so pretty here.

I like to watch the fog peel away from the water in the morning.

You're even literary when you talk. I like that.

Is that for me?

I made two cups. They're both for me.

Funny girl.

Silly man. I'm glad you brought me here. It's gorgeous. The leaves are starting to fall.

My grandparents used to bring me here when I was small. It was always cooler here than on the mainland. I used to run around on the lawn and kick through the leaves. There was almost always a steep wind off the water, so the leaves would sort of tornado around me, like they were trying to get away.

Did they live here?

My grandparents?

Yes.

No. They lived in northern California, just where the rolling hills turned to scrub. But Grandpa had a friend — from the war, I think — who owned this place, and let them use it once a year. Almost always in the fall.

How many times did you come?

Oh, I don't remember. The first time they brought me here, I think I was seven. Maybe eight. The last time was the year I was a junior in high school. The year Grandma died.

Do you miss her?

I do. I miss them both.

You brought me here. That's pretty special.

I tried to think of the most wonderful place.

There's no place more wonderful?

Not on Earth.

Ah, so there are possibilities.

Even if there are, I wouldn't care. You can't argue with this place.

It does have a special pull.

That's exactly what it has.

Like a gravitational force.

Sure. I guess.

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