It was only a flash, an instant while he was hugging me, so happy that I was home,
but it surprised me because I’d never seen him like that before.
And I’d never felt what I was feeling before, either: a feeling I hated myself for having the moment I had it.
But as he was kissing me with all his heart, all I could see was the drool coming down his chin.
And suddenly there I was, like all those people who would stare or look away.
Horrified. Sickened. Scared. Thankfully, that only lasted for a second: the moment I heard August laugh his raspy little laugh, it was over.
Everything was back the way it had been before. But it had opened a door for me. A little peephole.
And on the other side of the peephole there were two Augusts: the one I saw blindly, and the one other people saw.
I think the only person in the world I could have told any of this to was Grans, but I didn’t.
It was too hard to explain over the phone. I thought maybe when she came for Thanksgiving, I’d tell her what I felt.
But just two months after I stayed with her in Montauk, my beautiful Grans died.
It was so completely out of the blue. Apparently, she had checked herself into the hospital because she’d been feeling nauseous.
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