She Once Vanished by P.D. Workman

Author:P.D. Workman [Workman, P.D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: pd workman

He was completely dead to the world until Kenzie woke him up, shaking his arm gently so as not to startle him. Zachary still awoke with a start, jolting his broken ribs. He gasped and held still for a moment, waiting for the pain to subside enough that he could breathe shallowly.

“What is it?” He looked around to see if she had woken him up for drink or lunch service.

“We’re landing.”

Zachary blinked. He rubbed his eyes. “I slept the whole time?”

“Like a baby. I guess you needed it.”

That was longer than Zachary slept at home in his bed many nights. He took a deep breath and let it out again, wincing at the expansion and contraction of his rib cage. He was feeling a lot more clear-headed and energetic. Amazing what a few hours of sleep could do.

“Sorry, I guess I wasn’t very good company.”

“I had a book. I didn’t need any conversation.” She tucked it back away in her bag.

Zachary couldn’t imagine being able to read a thick novel for entertainment. He could, if pressed, read through large amounts of material with the aid of his ADHD meds, But the idea of reading for fun was foreign to him. The challenges of dyslexia, ADHD, and PTSD in those early years had prevented him from developing a love of reading.

Even at school when they had been instructed to put their heads down on their desks to listen to a beloved children’s novel read by the teacher, he had not enjoyed it. Sitting still and being quiet were not his wheelhouse, and there were many times when he had been banished to sit in the hallway alone so that other students could listen to the teacher undistracted by his restless movements.

It had been pretty obvious he wasn’t going to grow up to be a reader.

“Please fasten your seatbelts,” the flight attendant instructed.

Zachary reached down to buckle his up and saw that he had never unbuckled it in the first place. He relaxed and watched out the window as the plane glided out of the clouds and toward the runway.

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