The Usual Silence by Jenny Milchman
Author:Jenny Milchman [Jenny Milchman]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
Published: 2024-10-01T07:00:00+00:00
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
If their suitcases hadnât been back at home, Louise wouldâve turned north instead of south after fleeing her parents, driven straight to Dr. Shepherd with Geary thrashing and wailing in his booster seat. How could her mother have grabbed him like that? Geary had hated being touched since he was two. Changing his diapers at that age took the planning and strategizing of a war. Giving him a bath was impossible; luckily, Geary took to water on his own early. No hugs, no kisses, no holding his hand when they crossed the street. Other moms complained about what a workout it was to lift their growing toddlers; sheâd had to quit carrying Geary when he still felt light in her arms. And his grandmother had gone and tackled him like a linebacker.
He wasnât quieting down. Louise went to turn up the volume of the music to try and drown out the noise, then remembered the incident at the supermarketâwhatever its nature had beenâand slammed the radio silent with the flat of her hand. She might be making things worse.
In addition to not having any of their stuff, sheâd also been studying maps and couldnât imagine navigating the sword-thin roads to Dr. Shepherdâs treatment center in the dark. It was already past noon. Plus, there was a lack of cell coverage in the areaâlike that was a thingâand the idea of being on the road with the sun fading, her phone as disconnected from the rest of the world as a ball of wax, a useless rope tied to nothing, made her insides quiver. The image of that last bar disappearing felt like a fall from the top of a flight of stairs.
She and Geary were just going to have to tough out another night before leaving.
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