Nick's Blues (2008)
“By the time he’d finally dragged himself out of bed his mother had been at work for hours and generally he saw no one until either Christopher or Scott or the pair of them came round after school. Lunch he fixed for himself in the microwave, heating up some frozen this or that. When he opened his art folder everything inside seemed pointless and boring. Whenever he tried settling down to read his book, he found concentration difficult. Five pages were sometimes all he could manage before his mi...nd started wandering off and he’d realise that the last few sentences had meant nothing at all. And if he did get taken up by the story, rattling towards California with the Joad family in their ’25 Dodge, either his stitches would start itching or a flash of pain, sharp and sudden, would shoot through him and break the thread.
Sometimes, when that happened, the pain, he closed his eyes and waited until it passed; sometimes, when it was especially severe, he went back to his room and lay on the bed.MoreLess
Sometimes, when that happened, the pain, he closed his eyes and waited until it passed; sometimes, when it was especially severe, he went back to his room and lay on the bed.MoreLess
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