She looked at the clock - eight twenty-nine
. By now, even this many weeks later, her legs started moving involuntarily, knees bending, kicking at the sheets, and always, she ended up with her knees wide and raised, trying with all her might to push out the plug, picturing the water spraying all over the bed and the wall and the relief she would feel, the blessed relief! as her body drained and the water flooded onto the floor.
Mom. The young girl looked back at her sister. Walker
She looked at the clock - eight twenty-nine
. By now, even this many weeks later, her legs started moving involuntarily, knees bending, kicking at the sheets, and always, she ended up with her knees wide and raised, trying with all her might to push out the plug, picturing the water spraying all over the bed and the wall and the relief she would feel, the blessed relief! as her body drained and the water flooded onto the floor.
Mom. The young girl looked back at her sister. Walker
She looked at the clock - eight twenty-nine
. By now, even this many weeks later, her legs started moving involuntarily, knees bending, kicking at the sheets, and always, she ended up with her knees wide and raised, trying with all her might to push out the plug, picturing the water spraying all over the bed and the wall and the relief she would feel, the blessed relief! as her body drained and the water flooded onto the floor.
Mom. The young girl looked back at her sister. Walker
