Wait for Me by An Na

Author:An Na [Na, An]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781481442442
Publisher: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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SUNA OPENS HER EYES, blinks against the darkness, the shadowless night, and wonders what has woken her, if she has been sleepwalking or if she is in her room. She turns over, and automatically her eyes search for Mina in the other bed.

Mina’s huddled form lies sideways, body curled so tight, each vertebra stretches against the thin cotton nightshirt. Suna silently slips out of bed and goes to Mina. Sits at the edge of the bed and places a gentle hand on Mina’s shoulder.

Mina cries silently. She bites her knee, her eyes shut tight against the world, and yet the shaking of her body cannot be stopped. Suna does not know the whys. Mina refuses to talk about it. Refuses to talk to anyone. Suna only knows that Mina has been like this before. And like the other times, Suna gently pats her back and says over and over again, Gha-jang, gha-jang.

Suna leans back against the headboard of Mina’s bed and closes her eyes. She keeps up her rhythmic soothing song, like a metronome, her lullaby gently urging her sister to quiet and sleep. How many times had Mina done the same for her when she was little and scared from a nightmare. The same refrain muttered over and over again until sleep hooded their eyes. Gha-jang, gha-jang, gha-jang.

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