Borrowed Light
“05.17 Faraday awoke before dawn, aware that something seemed to have changed. The tenement at the back of the hotel was in darkness.
Beyond, he could see the orange glow of the Ryde street lights. From miles away, out in the Solent, came the parp of a ship’s hooter; closer, the whine of a car changing down through the gears for the roundabout. He rolled over and checked the alarm clock beside the bed.
He rubbed his eyes, wondering why he felt so fresh, so rested, so free from the consta...nt tug of anxiety that had shadowed him since the accident. Then he had it: Gosling had turned a corner and he was back at the controls of a machine for which he had a profound respect. Get the next twenty-four hours right, he told himself, and his life might be his own again.
He sat on the edge of the bed, gazing down at the carpet, aware that since Oobik’s arrest he hadn’t spared Gabrielle a moment’s thought. He’d been too busy, too alert, too aware that he couldn’t afford a single distraction.MoreLess
Beyond, he could see the orange glow of the Ryde street lights. From miles away, out in the Solent, came the parp of a ship’s hooter; closer, the whine of a car changing down through the gears for the roundabout. He rolled over and checked the alarm clock beside the bed.
He rubbed his eyes, wondering why he felt so fresh, so rested, so free from the consta...nt tug of anxiety that had shadowed him since the accident. Then he had it: Gosling had turned a corner and he was back at the controls of a machine for which he had a profound respect. Get the next twenty-four hours right, he told himself, and his life might be his own again.
He sat on the edge of the bed, gazing down at the carpet, aware that since Oobik’s arrest he hadn’t spared Gabrielle a moment’s thought. He’d been too busy, too alert, too aware that he couldn’t afford a single distraction.MoreLess
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