Next of Kin by L F Robertson

Author:L F Robertson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Titan

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In my room, after a late dinner of Chinese fast food, I felt troubled by what we’d seen that day. Witness interviews, and particularly those that bring up the painful past for the person I’m talking to, leave me disconcerted and sad. It’s as though the people I meet have made me some sort of offering of their pain, trusted me with it and with their confidences; and that trust is something I need to somehow take care of, but I don’t know how. I can’t help them or make anything better for them; I’m just a passer-by who comes into their lives and shares their memories for an hour or two, and then leaves them alone again with the past wounds I’ve reopened. No matter how often I do it, it leaves me with a slightly bad conscience; and I don’t sleep well afterward.

I read until late that night, to keep my thoughts at bay.

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