The Secret Life of Words Page #6

after a while.

They also told me that the nurse

that took care of me did a real good job.

Good.

They shut down the rig.

Where is everyone going?

- They offered us work in Chile.

Simon is going to go back

and try the restaurant business.

Chile.

- l haven't decided what to do.

Still thinking about it.

Good.

l thought ... you and l ...

Maybe we could go away somewhere, together.

One of these days. Today.

Right now.

Come with me, Hanna.

No, l ...

l don't think that's going to be possible.

- Why not?

Because l think that if we go away,

to someplace together ...

l am afraid that, one day ...

Maybe not today ...

Maybe not tomorrow either,

but one day, suddenly ...

l may begin to cry and cry so much

that nothing and nobody can stop me.

And the tears will fill the room,

l won,t be able to breathe,

and l will pull you down with me,

and we,ll both drown.

l'll learn how to swim.

l swear.

l'll learn how to swim.

l left a long time ago.

Only sometimes, in these Sunday mornings,

when he's buying the papers and the bread.

And she hears her children shouting from the

house next door, where they've gone to play.

Yes, yes she has 2 children now.

My brothers.

These cool and sunny winter mornings

when she has the house to herself.

And she feels strange and fragile and empty.

And for a moment

she doesn't know it all has been a dream.

Then l come back to her

and she cuddles me and strokes my hair.

And nothing, nothing at all what happened

will ever come between us.

But l can hear the children coming back.

l go away.

l'm far away, now.

Perhaps, l'll never come back.

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