Remember Tomorrow by Gabrielle Goldsby

Author:Gabrielle Goldsby [Goldsby, Gabrielle]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: ! Yes
ISBN: 9781602820265
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2008-08-10T05:00:00+00:00

REMEMBER TOMORROW

“Did my argument with Lilly cause this?” she asked in a near whisper. A small movement from Arie told Cees that Arie wanted to protest, but couldn’t.

“Hang on a second.” Cees stood up, cut the light out in the living room, and pulled off her shoes.

When Cees sat back down on the bed, Arie mumbled a barely discernable “thanks.”

“Did your headache just start?”

“When we left the hospital.

“Why didn’t you tell me when I asked you if your head was hurting?”

“Thought it was just nerves.”

Cees, too, had had a bit of a headache upon exiting the hospital. The feeling of helplessness and fear was familiar. She had tried to forget it, but here it was again. The palms of Cees’s hands itched. She wanted to Þ x this. She wanted to Þ x Arie’s pain so she could go back to her own apartment and Cees could somehow move on with her life. Not move on in the way Lilly thought she should. Cees had admitted to herself long ago that she would never fully get over Arie. She had simply gotten better at hiding her loss. The fact that Arie hurt now tore her apart. She began to rub Arie’s back. It didn’t take long before Cees felt some of the tension ease from the tight back muscles. “Is this okay?”

she asked, careful to keep her voice soft so as not to inß ict more pain.

“Yes, please.”

Cees smiled, relieved that she could help in some way. At least for now. The thought, negative and remote, had nothing to do with Arie and everything to do with her father’s slow, agonizing death from cancer. Even with the attentive support of the Nguyen family, she had still felt lonely. Until she met Arie.

Arie’s back slowly began to relax, and impulsively, Cees whispered, “Can you turn all the way onto your stomach?”

Arie immediately began the slow process of uncurling

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