The Man She Left Behind
“After a quick supper of sandwich and salad, during which she regretted enormously not purchasing the chardonnay, she closed the front door and walked down the drive to the main road, crossing it to the grassy verge that led to the ocean. Low tide had been two hours ago, and the Atlantic was slowly reclaiming the sandy beach.
Translucent corpses of jellyfish swirled about in the foamy waves, and bits of debris, both natural and man-made, bobbed back out to sea. Flotsam and jetsam, Leigh thought.... Like pieces of people’s lives. As children she and Jen had concocted wild stories about the tide treasure they’d found. Sometimes their play had spun on long after sundown, and they’d hidden from her parents’ calls in the long grasses.
Leigh stopped at the water’s edge and looked back toward the road. She could almost see their two heads, one dark and the other blond, peering through the sea grass. It had always been Jen who’d pulled Leigh down, covering her mouth with a grimy hand and whispering, “Five more minutes!MoreLess
Translucent corpses of jellyfish swirled about in the foamy waves, and bits of debris, both natural and man-made, bobbed back out to sea. Flotsam and jetsam, Leigh thought.... Like pieces of people’s lives. As children she and Jen had concocted wild stories about the tide treasure they’d found. Sometimes their play had spun on long after sundown, and they’d hidden from her parents’ calls in the long grasses.
Leigh stopped at the water’s edge and looked back toward the road. She could almost see their two heads, one dark and the other blond, peering through the sea grass. It had always been Jen who’d pulled Leigh down, covering her mouth with a grimy hand and whispering, “Five more minutes!MoreLess
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