The Pale Bridge
The collar was white. Not the clean, starched white of a hospital sheet or a fresh page, but a pale, yellowed ivory, like the bone of a long-dead bird. It sat on the desk in front of me, a small, stiff thing that smelled faintly of lavender and old dust. I had worn it for six years, from the age of nine until I turned fifteen. It was the only thing I owned that belonged to her. The institution...
0 Commenti 0 condivisioni 2 Views 0 Anteprima