Borrowed Horses by Griffiths Sian

Author:Griffiths, Sian [Griffiths, Sian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780898232899
Publisher: New Rivers Press
Published: 2014-04-01T06:00:00+00:00

Forge

Timothy had left a message on my machine. Punk chemist indeed; I appreciated the way he challenged a fence.

When I called back, he answered on the second ring. He said, “I’d called to see if you wanted some dinner, but when I didn’t hear from you, I figured I’d better just go ahead and eat.”

“I was at the barn late tonight. A lesson.” It was eight o’clock and I had no food that I wanted to eat. Someone said hunger is the best sauce, and maybe it is, but no sauce can save the limp peppers of a frozen rice bowl.

“How was it?” Timothy asked.

“What?”

“The lesson.” There was a smile in his voice.

Where to begin? “I’ll tell you over dessert, if you’re still interested, but I’ve got to eat something.”

Timothy laughed. A gentle, intimate laugh. A laugh as warm as the receiver pressed against my ear. My smallest bones reverberated, waking the tiny forge in my ear: hammer, anvil, stirrup.

“Where to?” he asked.

“Shit, I’d even eat McDonald’s at this point,” I said, but quickly feared he’d take me at my word. “No, strike that. I’m not that desperate yet.”

“Gyro and baklava?”

“Yes.” The man had taste.

“I’ll be by in ten minutes,” he said, and hung up before I had time to ask for fifteen. My skin was dry and powdery with barn dust and my nose was lined with a hard black crust of dirt-hardened mucus, but he’d left no time for a shower. I washed silt and sweat from my neck, face, and arms. Rivulets of grime coursed down the drain. I’d just had time to pull on jeans and shove a ball cap over my head when he knocked.

The crow-feather hair that flopped over his eyes picked up a hint of starshine. He said, “You changed already?”

“You sound disappointed. I’m sure I still smell like horse shit. Surely, that’s worth something.”

He laughed again, that lovely sound. “Let’s get you fed,” he said.

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