The Color of Dust by Claire Rooney

Author:Claire Rooney [Rooney, Claire]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: ! Yes
ISBN: 9781594931444
Publisher: Bella Books
Published: 2009-04-10T05:00:00+00:00

have told you. Now you probably think I’m nuts.” Her shoulders sagged and she covered her eyes with her hands. “The thing of it is, Gills, is that I just may be going a little nuts. God, I’m so tired, but every time I go to sleep I have these dreams and I think they mean something but I can’t figure it out and then I don’t want to sleep anymore but I’m so tired that I’m afraid I’m starting to dream standing up.” Carrie’s hands slid down to cover her face.

She felt like she was going to cry, but she didn’t want Gillian to see that. It was ugly and she was already making such a mess out of everything.

Carrie felt Gillian’s arms slide around her shoulders. She let out half a sob and leaned into her, buried her face in the crook of her neck. Gillian’s hands were on her hair, stroking softly.

“I don’t think you’re nuts, Carrie. The universe is a really big place. There’s room in it for all kinds of strange things.”

She lifted Carrie’s face from her shoulder, fingers underneath her chin, her thumb stroking at her cheek. Gillian looked at her closely. “I want you to tell me about it, okay? I don’t want you to think that I won’t listen to anything you have to say, however strange it might seem. Can you do that?”

Carrie nodded and stood straighter. “If you really want me to.”“I do.”

The warm circle of Gillian’s arms was very comforting to Carrie, but she stepped out of her embrace. That was better than having to feel Gillian run from her. She rubbed her nose and took a breath. “I keep having these dreams about people I’ve never met before, but it feels like I should know them if only I could remember who they were. And then there’s the music box.

I close the lid, but then I come back into the room and it’s open.

It plays sometimes, all by itself, this song that I don’t know, but then I find myself singing the words. As soon as I realize what I’m doing, I can’t remember them anymore.” Carrie looked at her hands. “Last night I dreamt about this woman with red hair who turned into a fox and then I heard the dogs coming, but they weren’t chasing her, they were after me and then I fell and they

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