The Other Life by Ellen Meister

Author:Ellen Meister [Meister, Ellen]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Contemporary Women, Family Life
ISBN: 9781101486153
Google: V5pglCEa2-sC
Amazon: B00475ARXY
Publisher: Berkley
Published: 2011-02-16T16:00:00+00:00

THERE WAS SIMPLY no way to get close enough to the portal to sense what was happening without crawling into the fireplace and getting covered with soot. So Quinn rolled up her jeans and crept forward on her knees until she could place her hands directly on the fissure.

The feeling here was entirely new. Yes, it was a portal like the others, but the life on the other side was farther away. It was as if there were a physical barrier to cross before she could truly understand what she was sensing about the marriage in question.

Quinn argued with herself about whether or not she should go through. Was she merely trying to vindicate herself by proving that her problem with Cordell was based on more than her own emotional issues? Maybe she should stick to her vow to stop crossing over. Besides, Lewis would be returning soon, and she needed to get back to him. Still, finding out what was giving her that prickly feeling seemed important. Would it be so terrible to slip though one last time, especially if she could save her brother a whole lot of grief? Okay, she thought, I’ll do it. But only for a few moments and then I’ll do whatever it takes to get right back.

She pressed her hands against the crack in the back of the fireplace and it opened, pulling her inside its musty warmth. She felt herself spin like a corkscrew, and her anxiety about the decision to make the journey gave way to a calm that floated her into a meditative space between consciousness and sleep. Like always, when she realized she was in a new place with real dimensions, it felt like awakening from a strange dream. She was in water, but it wasn’t the bathtub of her Manhattan high-rise. Quinn opened her eyes and saw hundreds of fingers. Fingers? No, it was sea life—some kind of coral. And what was the movement behind her? She turned and found herself amid a school of bright blue fish. Shocked and disoriented, Quinn opened her mouth and swallowed a terrible gulp of water. Just then, a hand reached from above and grabbed her arm, yanking her from the water into brilliant sunshine.

“Holy crap. You were down there a long time. What the hell were you doing?”

It was Eugene, and he was pulling her into a boat. Quinn coughed up water. He patted her on the back.

“You okay?” he asked. “What happened to your snorkel?”

The air was dry and warm. Quinn looked around. The boat they were on was in the middle of a vast expanse of azure water. The light was strange, disorienting. Was it morning here? She looked for the sun, which wasn’t yet overhead. In the far distance, she could see what looked like a lush, mountainous island. In the other direction she saw a sandy shoreline dotted with palm trees.

Good Lord. She was in Fiji.

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