Take it All by Libby Waterford
Author:Libby Waterford [Waterford, Libby]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Chapter Seventeen
Jake took the curve too fast, but he steered into it and kept pace with the Mustang. His VW wasnât much to look at, but it had a solid engine. He had another advantage over his quarryâhe wasnât afraid to die.
Untitled work in progress, by Warner Mathis
As they sped down Blue Bird Lane to the main artery that would take them to the Misty Harbor Inn, the location of the fundraiser gala, Warner couldnât help feeling this entire evening had been terribly surreal. Had he finally broken with reality?
Heâd spent the day working. As the owner and manager of three rental properties, there was always something to do, from maintenance to paperwork. But always in the back of his mind was his story. Heâd worked a bit every day this week. The damn thing had gotten its hooks in him, like a cat whoâd clawed open one of his veins. Once heâd let the blood start to flow, he couldnât stop it. And whatâs more, he didnât want to.
It wasnât exactly a smooth drip of words onto the page. He sat there, typing in fits and starts. He was rusty, but it was coming back to himâthe rhythm of translating his thoughts into sentences, watching the sentences form paragraphs that flowed together into some sort of coherence. It was a craft heâd honed once before, and his muscles had diminished but not disappeared entirely. He could build them back up again, he was sure.
If he didnât stop himself by going around the bend first.
He glanced at Selena. She looked like a movie star, her satiny hair flowing free, Angieâs diamonds winking at her ears. Angie would be happy someone was wearing them. Sheâd always been cavalier with her possessions, giving things away at the drop of a hat. If someone in her life commented on her scarf or bracelet, sheâd simply give it to them. She had the generosity of a poor person and resources of a rich one.
But it was fair that Selena didnât want to drive the Mercedes. And it probably wouldnât have been safe for her to do so in her strappy sandals either. He should drive it more, though. The car wanted to be driven. It hadnât even been that damaged in the accident. Angie had been unluckyâskidding on black ice, her side making direct impact with one of the grand oaks theyâd so admired when they moved here. She wouldnât have wanted him to junk her baby. Instead, heâd found a shop willing to work on it for a premium. Money, heâd learned from Angie, could solve most problems.
âYou okay?â she asked. âYou seem like youâre thinking harder than usual.â
âIâm wondering why I feel like Iâm in a surrealist painting. A beautiful surrealist painting, but still, strange.â
âWhatâs so surreal about driving your tenant who you just fucked to a party you wonât go to as her date in the car your wife died in?â she asked, slightly hysterically.
Okay, so he wasnât the only one who found the situation bizarre.
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