Screamed so loudly Conor did put his hands up to his ears. She wasn’t looking at him, she wasn’t looking at anything,
just screaming into the air. Conor had never been so frightened in all his life.
It was like standing at the end of the world, almost like being alive and awake in his nightmare, the screaming, the emptiness–
Then she stepped into the room. She kicked forward through the rubbish almost as if she didn’t even see it.
Conor backed away from her quickly, stumbling over the ruins of the settee.
He kept a hand up to protect himself, expecting blows to land any moment–
But she wasn’t coming for him. She walked right past him, her face twisted in tears, the moaning spilling out of her again.
She went to the display cabinet, the only thing remaining upright in the room.
And she grabbed it by one side– And pulled on it hard once– Twice– And a third time.
Sending it crashing to the floor with a final-sounding crunch.
She gave a last moan and leant forward to put her hands on her knees, her breath coming in ragged gasps.
She didn’t look at Conor, didn’t look at him once as she stood back up and left the room,
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