The Weight of Words (The WORDS Series) by Guthrie Georgina

Author:Guthrie, Georgina [Guthrie, Georgina]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Omnific Publishing
Published: 2013-11-23T18:30:00+00:00

After work, I headed straight to University College, happy to be early for class so I could secure a seat in the second row on the other side of the room. Students filed in one by one, some looking like they’d heard about Mary, some clearly oblivious.

Julie finally dashed in, moving down the row to sit beside me, her eyebrow raised saucily. “Well, well, well, couldn’t stay away from the candy dish, eh?” she asked.

I brushed off her suggestive comment with a quick subject change. “Hey, did you get my messages? Where’ve you been?”

“Oh, man, I’ve been so bogged down with school work. I got nothing done over the break. I had to hide in the library and knock off an art history paper. I’m so exhausted.” Professor Brown and Daniel’s arrival interrupted her complaints. “Holy mofo, check out Mr. Shmexy. He got his hair cut. He’s been holding out on us,” she whispered in my ear.

She was right. Dr. Hobo, it seemed, was on a sabbatical. Daniel looked spectacular. He was wearing the same black jeans he’d worn the day before, this time pairing them with a fabulously soft-looking tan sweater, a white T-shirt peeking out above the neckline. The kicker though? The footwear. I didn’t know a lot about shoes, but I knew what I liked. These shoes—which may have been boots, it was hard to tell—looked to be of the Italian variety and the kind that made a lovely authoritative clipping sound when you walked.

Authoritative. Yes, please…

“He shaved too,” Julie said. “Man, he cleans up well. He looks fucktacular, don’t you think?”

She nudged me.

“Hmm?” I was still imagining the sound of his shoes.

“Daniel! He puts the edible in incredible, don’t you think?”

“Yes, fine, he looks fine,” I stammered, remembering that as far as she knew, I hadn’t seen him since before Reading Week.

Daniel took his seat, and Professor Brown quickly called the class to order, casting his eyes around the room somberly. “Ladies and gentlemen, I received some sad news on Monday night.”

There were some stunned gasps around the room as he told us about poor Mary. Julie looked at me, shocked. I grabbed her hand and squeezed it.

“Now, I realize some of you may have known Miss Langford quite well, while others may not have,” Professor Brown said. “Regardless, I’m going to afford you the opportunity to grieve appropriately. There will be a memorial service at St. Basil’s Church at the corner of Bay and St. Joseph Streets on Friday at eleven thirty. Anyone wishing to attend is more than welcome to do so. My classes and tutorials will be canceled for the remainder of the week. We will reconvene next Monday, but we’ll have to double up to stay on course. After we finish our study of Antony and Cleopatra, we’ll pick up Othello on Wednesday.”

He then turned to Daniel, inviting him to speak.

“Thank you, Professor Brown,” Daniel said, standing but remaining in place behind the table, his eyes flitting briefly across mine. “I apologize for my absence on Monday.

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