Save Me the Plums by Ruth Reichl

Author:Ruth Reichl
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2019-04-01T16:00:00+00:00

THE OFFICES I PASSED WERE empty. Strange, I thought, glancing at my watch. Then I heard the babble of voices emerging from the conference room and entered to find the entire staff staring, rapt, at the television. I looked at the screen: The second plane was flying into New York’s tallest building.

“Ooooh,” we said together, as if we had physically felt the impact. After a moment of shocked silence someone said, “What do we do now?” and every eye turned toward the door.

I turned too, wondering who was behind me. There was only empty air. I froze. On the television, flames were leaping from the burning building, which now had a hole in the middle. As the implication sank in, panic surged through the room. We were being attacked.

Think! I told myself, unsure what to do. I took two steps into the hall, about to call upstairs and ask for instruction. The phones! My head cleared; I went back into the conference room. “The phone lines are going to be jammed, if they aren’t already, so try to reach your kids and your families right now.” They stared at me, not moving.

“Go!” I said. “Now! Make a meeting place. Public transportation may not be working, so factor that in. If this is really an attack, the police will close the bridges and tunnels, so those of you who live outside of Manhattan may not be able to get home. Come to my office; we need to be sure everyone has a safe place to go.”

Nick! His school was in the Bronx. I turned to Robin. “Call Michael. Tell him he has to go get Nick before they close the bridges. Tell him to go quickly.”

“I’d bet anything”—her voice held terrible assurance—“that he’s already gone.”

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