Wednesday, November 24th, 2010

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11:05a	@@@@@It's not fair if you don't let me speakHe @@@@@It's not fair if you don't let me speakHe dropped my hand and straightened slowly to his feetI could hear his joints pop as he stoodHow long had he been sitting in the dark, waiting for me to wake? “I'll be back soonYou might not be hungry, but I'm starving “You had a long night “If it gets light, I won't sit here waiting for you He chuckled without humor“I'm sure that's trueSo I'll be back before that, and I will help you get where you're going He leaned one of the doors away from the entrance to his cave, stepped around it, and then let it fall back into placeThat might be hard to do on one legI hoped Ian truly was coming back While I waited for him, I stared up at the two stars I could see and let my head slowly become stationaryI really didn't like human drugsMy body hurt, but the lurching in my head was worse Time passed slowly, but I didn't fall asleepI'd been sleeping most of the last twenty-four hours I probablywas hungry, tooI would have to wait for my stomach to calm before I was sure Ian came back before the light, just as he'd promised “Feeling any better?” he asked as he stepped around the doorI haven't moved my head yet “Do you think it'syou reacting to the morphine, or Melanie's body?” “It's MelShe reacts badly to most painkill (Comment on this)
1:09p	@@@@@It had been a long time since I'd said or @@@@@It had been a long time since I'd said or done anything to make Linnie Freemantle squeal like that"Thank you, Daddy - that's great!" "It'll be nice to meet RicMaybe I'll steal his beretI'm an artist now, after all "I'll tell him you said that "Have you talked to Ilse yet?" "No, why?" "When you do, don't say anything about Ric coming, okay? Let me do that "I hadn't planned to "Because she and Carsonshe said she told you about him 570 "Well, I'm pretty sure there's a problem there Illy says she's 'thinking things over' That's a direct quoteHe says you should never trust a person who prays in public All I know is she sounds a lot more grown up than my baby sister used to Same goes for you, Lin, I thoughtI had a momentary image of how she'd looked at seven, when she'd been so sick Pam and I both thought she might die on us, although we'd never said so aloud Back then Melinda had been all big dark eyes, pale cheeks, and lank hairOnce I remember thinking Skull on a stick and hating myself for the thought And hating myself more for knowing, in the deep reaches of my heart, that if one of them had to sicken that way, I was glad it had been herI always tried to believe that I loved both my daughters with the same weight and intensity, but it wasn't trueMaybe it is for some parents - I think it was for Pam - but it never was for me And did Melinda know? Of course she did "Are you taking care of yourself?" I asked her I could almost see her rolling her eyes"How many bunches?" "A million and one for under your pillow," she said, as if humoring a ch (Comment on this)

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