The Usual Silence by Jenny Milchman

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 hadn’t been back at home, Louise would’ve 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; she’d 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 wasn’t 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 supermarket—whatever its nature had been—and 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, she’d also been studying maps and couldn’t imagine navigating the sword-thin roads to Dr. Shepherd’s treatment center in the dark. It was already past noon. Plus, there was a lack of cell coverage in the area—like that was a thing—and 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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