A juttering wind ambushes me as I exit from work: I will have to wait another half hour in the cold for the bus.Taking the metro at this hour is similar to having your head stuck in a plastic bag: stiffling_People ,swarming,the air-ridden corridors;pickpockets,on the rise, carefully watching your every move;the same musicians everyday,playing near the escalators_My job is already based on routine and if leaving work means monotonous nausea in the metro-corridors,I'll do without,thanks!
Bus ride: I am relieved to sit next to a pleasantly fragranced woman and not a tabacco-addict teenager_Reading distractedly the newspaper,patiently waiting for my stop, I gather that nothing important is evolving in the opinion polls about Blair_The bus makes jerking movements and the top half is caught by a vicious branch_Alert,bus driver makes quick jabbing movements to release the vehicle from its grasp_Ah..I wasn't sure I'd get home on time..
Walking towards my appartment block,newspaper carefully folded under my arm-pit,my thoughts drift to the events of the day:the way Victoria,gently,brushes her elbow on my back ;my boss,praising me for the well-made coffee_I just adore the way Cindy laughs at my jokes during break..a silvery, bell-chiming laugh..a bit like that actress..oh,what's her name?..I've gained more responsibilities in the office and a raise is well-deserved.Still, this unhappiness looming over me like this sky in this city ..London.I feel I can accomplish more elsewhere,than London:maybe I'll try a broader,international career..see where it leads...
I like this, Anna. I like the reference to plastic bags and ambushing winds. I also like the evaluation at the end of the day. The interactions of people are nice znd the decision to go on becomes all the more poignent. I'd like to know more about the narator. what does she do, why is she in this job, why was it once enough, or has it alwasy been boring, etc. In other words, you hooked me
Determined to confront the hazy memories of his troubled youth, Oliver Matthews, a retired detective and confirmed bachelor, returns to the picturesque town of Henley-on-Thames for the first time in years.
My second book is about a boy who has Asperger's Syndrome and is bullied to the point to where he shoots up his school. I have divided the excerpts from it into three parts: Before, during and after the shooting.
