How Like a God by Brenda W Clough

Author:Brenda W Clough [Clough, Brenda W]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, Science Fiction
ISBN: 9780812571363
Amazon: B00HOK0UKO
Barnesnoble: B00HOK0UKO
Goodreads: 1356240
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: 1997-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 4

It felt very strange to wear new clothes after all this time. Mrs. Ruppert, with job interviews in mind, took Rob to the Salvation Army store and bought him a blue jacket, a red tie, and a pair of khaki pants. He was surprised to find that his waist size had gone down more than two inches.

No wonder he had needed string to hold up his ragged old jeans. In the mirror he saw a figure that didn’t look unduly odd at all— weathered, tall, blond, a little too thin. Meeting the gaze of his reflection gave him a peculiar feeling, however—as if there was someone else, a stranger, behind those ice-chip eyes.

“I don’t know,” Edwin said when he arrived on Friday and saw the result.

“Maybe it’s because I’ve only known you in your old clothes.”

“I kind of miss them,” Rob admitted. He stared, awed, at the sleek vehicle at the curb. Edwin’s car cast a startling new light on his character. It was a sexy red Mazda RX-7 with a spoiler, a moon roof, and leather upholstery—curvaceous as a centerfold model. Somehow Rob had imagined that as a nice nerdy type Edwin would drive a very different sort of car.

Rob wedged himself into the low-slung seat and shut the door. The car had such tight suspension, and was so close to the ground, it was like sitting in a roller skate. It made a powerful contrast to Rob’s own minivan. From the state-of-the-art CD sound system came the supple voice of Barbra Streisand singing Broadway show tunes. Rob said, “And I thought of something else.”

Edwin let in the clutch. “Oh? What?”

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