“I left the room before I could figure out exactly what bothered me about his response. Was it the way it seemed to assume a future for the two of us? A future in which I would continue to be unable to leave this house? Was it the presumption that I was making a cake for him when, really, I had no idea why I was making a cake at all?” RelationshipsFutureMetaphorAssumptionTrappedAlexandra KleemanIntimations Book:Intimations: Stories Source: Intimations: Stories
“This feeling of lessening disturbance, coming from within myself, unexpected, was profoundly disturbing. As I sat still, growing less and less alarmed by the situation, I knew that I had to move fast, as fast and as far as I could within this small, cramped house.” RelationshipsMetaphorTrappedComplacentUnhealthy RelationshipsAlexandra KleemanIntimationsStifled Book:Intimations: Stories Source: Intimations: Stories