The second was
that she looked horribly tiredThe... The second was
that she looked horribly tiredThe third was that
she hadn't long to live
"No-" I began, but when she raised one hand (the
flesh hanging down in a snow-white bag above her
elbow), I stilled at onceBecause here was a
fourth thing to see, and it hit hardest of all -
not a stone but a boulderI was looking at myself
This was what people had seen in the aftermath of
my accident, when I was trying to sweep together
the poor scattered bits of my memory - all that
treasure that looked like trash when it was
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out in such ugly, naked fashionI thought of how
I had forgotten my doll's name, and I knew what
was coming next
"I can do this," she said
"I know you can," I said
"You brought Wireman back from the hospital," she
said
"I was so afraid they'd keep himAnd I would be
alone
I didn't reply to this
"Are you Edmund?" she asked timidly
"Miss Eastlake, don't tax yourself," Wireman said
gently"This is-"
"Hush, Wireman," I said
"You paint," she said
"Have you painted the ship yet?"
A curious thing happened to
chanel white watches my stomachIt didn't
sink so much as it seemed to disappear and leave a
void between my heart and the rest of my gutsMy
knees tried to buckleThe steel in my hip went
hotThe back of my neck went coldAnd warm,
prickling fire ran up the arm that wasn't there"Again and again and again
"You're Edgar," she saidI guessed no one had called her honey
in a long time"My mind is like a tablecloth with
a great big hole burned into it She turned to
Wireman"Muy divertido, sí?"
"You need to rest," he said"In fact, you need
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dormir como un troncoAnd I think
when I wake up, I'll still be here She lifted his hands to her face and
kissed them
"I love you, too, Miss Eastlake," he saidIs it Edgar?"
"What do you think, Elizabeth?"
"Yes, of course it isYou're to have a show? Is
that how we left things before my last She
drooped her eyelids, as if to mime sleep
"Yes, at the Scoto GalleryYou really need to
rest
"Is it soon? Your show?"
"In less than a week
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"Your paintingsare they
on the mainland? At the gallery?"
Wireman and I
tiffany knockoff exchanged a lookEverything
else can waituntil after you have your show
Your moment in the sunAre you selling them? The
ship pictures?"
Wireman and I exchanged another look, and the
message in his eyes was very clear: Don't upset
her
"They're marked NFS, ElizabethThat means-"
"I know what it means, Edgar, I didn't fall out of
an orange tree yesterday Inside their deep
pockets of wrinkles, caught in a face that was
receding toward death, her eyes flashedHowever many there are, you must sell them
And however hard it is for
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