In Wilderness by Thomas Diane

Author:Thomas, Diane [Thomas, Diane]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780804176965
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2015-03-03T08:00:00+00:00

22

“It’s. All. Right.”

STUPID. STUPID. STUPID.

He hadn’t meant to do it, any of it. He’d got out of the creek water, put his clothes back on, started for home so cold he couldn’t feel his own skin. And everywhere he looked was ringed in rainbows.

When he got close to Gatsby’s house, none of the burnt parts showed. From this side it looked whole and perfect. And he, Danny, looked perfect, too, in his loose white clothes. So perfect he imagined Katherine standing on the other side of that enormous lawn, alone and staring at him, a light breeze playing in her hair.

His feet left bloody prints on the slate porch steps from burrs he’d stepped on without knowing. Pinecones. Thorns.

That’s what got to him, her standing there across the lawn, what pulled him through his Long Dream to its rightful end. Later, he woke in darkness, his thin fists jammed under the blanket. Lit a lantern, headed out, his still-sore feet seeking the soft, damp orchard earth, his hands seeking the ripe peaches that weighed down its trees.

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