No and me by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Homeless persons, Family life, Gifted children, Interpersonal relations
Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury Children's Books
Published: 2010-04-15T19:00:00+00:00

Lucas shows us pictures of his father at all ages, a model ship in a bottle they made together when he was little, the Japanese prints he left behind, and his collection of knives. He's got dozens of them—big, small, medium, penknives, daggers, switchblades—from all over the world. Laguioles, Krisses, Thiers. The handles feel heavy in your hand, the blades fine. No takes them out one by one, makes them dance between her fingers, strokes the wood, ivory, horn, and steel. I can tell that Lucas is worried that shell hurt herself but doesn't dare say anything. He watches her and so do I. She's good at taking out the blades, folding them back, as if she's been doing this all her life. In the end Lucas suggests we have a snack. No puts the knives back in their boxes. I haven't touched them.

We're sitting around the kitchen table. Lucas has gotten out cake, chocolate, glasses. I look at No, her wrists, the color of her eyes, her pale lips, her dark hair. She's so pretty when she smiles, in spite of the gap left by her missing tooth.

Later we listen to music, slumped on the sofa. Cigarette smoke envelopes us in an opaque cloud. Time stands still. I feel as though the guitars are protecting us, that the world belongs to us.

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