Maggie Stiefvater- forever by Maggie Stiefvater

Author:Maggie Stiefvater [Stiefvater, Maggie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ePub Bud (www.epubbud.com)
Published: 2011-07-12T16:00:00+00:00

• SAM •

I didn’t particularly feel like going into work the next morning, since the world was coming to an end, but I couldn’t think of a compelling and

plausible explanation to give Karyn, so I left home and drove into Mercy Falls. I couldn’t bear the sounds of Grace the wolf, either, clawing

disasters into the walls of the downstairs bathroom, so it was a mercy, in a way, to leave, though I felt guilty for feeling that way. Just

because I wasn’t there to be reminded of her panic didn’t mean that she wasn’t feeling it while I was gone.

It was a beautiful day, no sign of rain for the first time in a week. The sky was the dreamy, high blue of summer, months early, and the

leaves of the trees looked one thousand colors of green, from electric, plastic shades to a hair lighter than black. Instead of parking behind

the store as I usually did, I parked on Main Street, far enough away from the center of downtown that I wouldn’t have to feed a parking

meter. In Mercy Falls, that was only a handful of blocks. I left my jacket on the passenger seat of the Volkswagen, put my hands in my

pockets, and started to walk.

Mercy Falls wasn’t rich, but it was quaint, in its way, so by virtue of its quaintness, it had a pretty thriving downtown. Charm, plus

proximity to the beautiful Boundary Waters, brought tourists, and tourists brought money. Mercy Falls offered several blocks of boutiquesort

shops to part them from their cash. The shops were largely of the sort that kept husbands waiting in the car or sent them poking

around in the hardware store on Grieves Street, but still I glanced in windows as I walked. I kept to the edge of the sidewalk so that the

cautious morning sun could reach me. It felt good on my skin, a small consolation prize in this terrible and wonderful week.

I made it a few yards past a shop that sold clothing and knick-knacks, and I stopped and doubled back to stand in front of the window. A

headless mannequin in the window wore a white summer dress. It was just a simple thing: thin straps up over the shoulders, a loose tie

round the middle. The fabric was something that I thought was called eyelet. I Grace in it, the narrow straps over her shoulders, a triangle

of bare skin below her throat, the hem falling just above her knee. I could imagine her hips beneath the thin material, my hands bunching

the fabric at her waist when I pulled her to me. It was a carefree dress, a dress that was about summer and ankle-high grass and blond

hair streaked paler by the confident sun.

I stood there for a long moment, looking at it, wanting what it stood for. It seemed like such a foolish thing to be thinking of right now

when so much else was at stake. Three times I shifted my weight, about to step off, to go back on my way.

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