I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere by Anna Gavalda

Author:Anna Gavalda
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 9781448163427
Publisher: Random House

Someone I Loved

For Constance

‘WHAT DID YOU say?’

‘I said I’m going to take them. It will do them good to get away for a while.’

‘But when?’ my mother-in-law asked.

‘Now.’

‘Now? You’re not thinking …’

‘Yes, I am.’

‘What are you talking about? It’s nearly eleven! Pierre, you – ’

‘Suzanne, I’m talking to Chloé. Chloé, listen to me. I want to take you away from here. What do you say?’

I say nothing.

‘Do you think it’s a bad idea?’

‘I don’t know.’

‘Go and get your things. We’ll leave when you get back here.’

‘I don’t want to stop at my place first.’

‘Then don’t. We’ll sort everything out when we’re there.’

‘But you don’t – ’

‘Chloé, Chloé, please. Trust me.’

*

My mother-in-law continued to protest:

‘But –! You’re not really going to wake up the children! The house isn’t even heated, and there’s nothing to eat! Nothing for the girls! They – ’

He stood up.

• • •

Marion is sleeping in her car seat, her thumb touching the edge of her lips. Lucie is beside her, rolled in a ball.

I look at my father-in-law. He sits upright. His hands grip the steering wheel. He hasn’t said a word since we left. I see his profile in the headlights of oncoming cars. I think that he is as unhappy as I am. That he’s tired. Disappointed.

He feels my gaze:

‘Why don’t you get some sleep? You should get some rest, you know – lean your seat back and go to sleep. We’ve got a long way to go …’

‘I can’t,’ I tell him. ‘I’m watching over you.’

He smiles at me. It’s barely a smile.

‘No … it’s the other way around.’

We return to our private thoughts.

I cry behind my hands.

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