“You moved my head so that it was lying in your lap. "Keep your eyes open," you said. "Stay with me." I tried. It felt like I was using every muscle in my face. But I did it. I saw you from upside down, your lips above my eyes and your eyes above my lips. "Talk to me," you said. My throat felt like it was closing up, as if my skin had swollen, making my throat a lump of solid flesh. I gripped your hand. "Keep watching me, then," you said. "Keep listening.”
Lucy Christopher, born in 1981, is a talented British author known for her unique narrative style and profound emotional expression. Her works have won wide acclaim from readers and critics. more
“Otherwise I'll fall apart. I'm going to fall apart. I am falling apart.”
“I reach out and take his hand. His fingers slide between mine. I can't breathe.”
“Are you asking me to undress, Tris?' A nervous laugh gurgles from my throat. 'Only ... partially”
“Except for memory, time would have no meaning at all.”