Getting Somewhere by Beth Neff

Author:Beth Neff
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2011-12-13T05:00:00+00:00

SARAH WAKES TO sunshine streaming through her window, amazed to realize that she must have slept all the way through from yesterday afternoon, though she does vaguely remember Donna nudging her awake sometime after dark to take some pills. It takes her a minute to orient herself, recount yesterday’s events to conclude that this must be Saturday. Weeding. That’s where everyone would be on a Saturday morning. Except Grace, of course. Strange to feel alone up here, like she might actually be missing out on something.

Her throat is completely parched, and she lifts onto her elbows to search out the glass of water she’s pretty sure Donna left by her bed. Though she can’t actually see anything floating in it, it looks kind of cloudy, dusty or something. She could just refill it in the bathroom, but she’s kind of curious to test her strength, wondering how sick she really is, if it’s just the combination of the cutting and the amps Lauren gave her or if she really has some flu bug that’s wearing her out like this.

Sarah makes the trip to the kitchen on shaky legs, gets her drink and is sitting down at the kitchen table to rest before attempting the climb back up the stairs, when she hears the front door open and shut, but quietly, as if someone is trying not to be heard. She pushes herself up and steps over to the kitchen doorway and there is Lauren, looking out the front screen and then slinking her way over to the office. She has something in her hand that Sarah can’t see, but when she bends to the knob, Sarah calls out, “Lauren? What are you doing?”

Lauren jumps a little but quickly gets her composure. “I had to go to the bathroom.”

“That’s not the bathroom.”

Lauren rolls her eyes and then glances through the front screen again as she moves toward Sarah. “Hey, I need your help.”

“Help with what.”

“Just come over here and stand by the front door, tell me if you see anyone coming this way.”

“Where is everybody?”

“Grace and Jenna went to the market, and the others are in the garden.”

“Jenna went to the market with Grace?”

“For godsakes, Sarah, who cares? Just watch out for me for a minute, okay? I need to make a phone call, and I don’t want them to know.”

Sarah is stalling, wishes she had never come down the stairs. “Won’t they see it on their phone bill?”

“I have a calling card, you idiot. Just help me, will you? All you have to do is watch out there. I can handle the rest.”

Sarah doesn’t want any part of this. “Why would I help you and who are you calling?”

“I’m calling Jason, not that it’s any of your business, and you’re helping me because you owe me one and don’t want me to get you in trouble, which I would be more than capable of doing, and most of all because I have something you want.”

Sarah wants to argue but can’t

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