Thunder and Rain by Charles Martin

Author:Charles Martin [MARTIN, CHARLES]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781455503995
Publisher: Center Street
Published: 2012-04-02T16:00:00+00:00

Her breathing slowed—each inhale deeper. She put her hands together, resting her head in the bend of her elbow. She swayed.

We had this tree out in front of the house. A live oak—it spread like an octopus across our yard. You could stand on the porch, reach out and hang on the limb, stretching. I’d had a long day. A bad day. A friend had been killed. I wasn’t with him. Not there to help him. A senseless act. I’d had to inform his wife. I couldn’t count the number of times we’d had dinner or drunk coffee. I pulled off the hard road, a half mile home. I was still holding it together. I could see her standing on the front porch, arms hanging from that limb, resting her head in her elbow. Swaying. Waiting. Needing me to need her. I parked, walked out into the pasture, crumpled amongst the prickly pears and cried a long time. When I looked up, she was kneeling, too. She pressed her head to mine. She walked me to the house, then around back by the barn. We stood beneath the windmill. She turned on the shower and that sweet water spilled over me, soaking my clothes but it could not wash out the sorrow.

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