The Imago Sequence And Other Stories
“The Olympia Police Department, the fire department, the Washington Highway Patrol, all the volunteers. The media. You've worked tirelessly to bring Miranda back to us safe and sound. Thank you.RJ: Is there anything you would care to add, Mr. Carson?JC: Yes. Miranda, honey. I love you. Please come home. I see Miranda in the endless chain of faces.After six years they're all starting to resemble her. Which is kind of funny since I often forget what she looks like until I spot her on a bus; in lin...e at the bank; at a sidewalk café, scanning the Daily O, a Rottweiler at her feet, and wham. My heart knocks, my hands shake as if I quit the sauce only yesterday.Six years, already?Six years and I still can't touch Crown Royal, can't stomach the diesel taint. Six years and I hate the sound of ice slurring in a glass: makes me flinch and resurrects an image of icebergs in miniature on slate. I'm done with ice cubes, iceboxes, all of it. Sometimes I don't brave the kitchen for weeks.Six years as of Saturday.MoreLess
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