Whistle in the Dark by Emma Healey

Author:Emma Healey [Healey, Emma]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780241327678
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Canada
Published: 2018-05-03T04:00:00+00:00

Fall on deaf ears

Also unbearable was Lana’s attachment to her earphones. A new pair had arrived with the new mobile, so the ones she’d tied to the oak tree hadn’t been too great a sacrifice.

‘I thought you were going to go without them from now on?’ Jen said, reminding her of the promise she’d made at the stone circle.

‘I only meant until the end of the holiday. Obviously.’

Jen had a feeling this wasn’t quite what Lana had meant but, either way, she was sorry that the things existed, as they allowed Lana to shut her out, refuse to engage in conversation, pretend she hadn’t heard requests for cups of tea or explanations.

Her daughter often put the buds into her ears as soon as Jen got back from work, the wires like thick, white strands of hair announcing some past shock. The sight made Jen’s shoulders slump, but what really disturbed her was the fact that, several times, she’d seen the end of the wire swing wide as Lana moved; no phone, no iPod in sight. The earphones weren’t plugged into anything. And yet Lana seemed so completely absorbed, as if she were listening intently to a set of instructions.

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