Thursdays At Eight (2001)
“Or when. You can only decide how you’re going to live. Now.”
—Joan Baez Chapter 25 CLARE CRAIG Clare turned off the vacuum and heard the phone in the background as the Hoover moaned to a stop. Lunging for the cordless she had no idea if this was the first ring or the fifth.
“Hello,” she said, slightly breathless. Although she could well afford a cleaning service, she preferred to do her own housework. She joked that it helped her work out her aggressions, which was true; she also felt that she ...could better maintain the kind of control she wanted over her environment.
Her greeting was met by a short hesitation. “Clare, it’s Michael.”
She knew he’d been released from the hospital a few days earlier; after Alex’s 911 call, he’d been admitted a second time—and now he was home, in the tender, well-manicured hands of Miranda.
“Alex is at school,” she reminded him in case he’d forgotten.
“Actually, I wanted to talk to you.”
In the beginning she’d dreamed about the day Michael would need her, reach out to her, want her back in his life.MoreLess
—Joan Baez Chapter 25 CLARE CRAIG Clare turned off the vacuum and heard the phone in the background as the Hoover moaned to a stop. Lunging for the cordless she had no idea if this was the first ring or the fifth.
“Hello,” she said, slightly breathless. Although she could well afford a cleaning service, she preferred to do her own housework. She joked that it helped her work out her aggressions, which was true; she also felt that she ...could better maintain the kind of control she wanted over her environment.
Her greeting was met by a short hesitation. “Clare, it’s Michael.”
She knew he’d been released from the hospital a few days earlier; after Alex’s 911 call, he’d been admitted a second time—and now he was home, in the tender, well-manicured hands of Miranda.
“Alex is at school,” she reminded him in case he’d forgotten.
“Actually, I wanted to talk to you.”
In the beginning she’d dreamed about the day Michael would need her, reach out to her, want her back in his life.MoreLess
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