Chapter 37On Tuesday when the show was dark, Josh swung by his hands on the trapeze. It was just a warm-up, but he wore the safety harness anyway. Its rope suspended from the ceiling. If he fell, it would catch him.
At the top of the arc, he peeked down past his toes. Dr. Brinkwater, Steve, and Dan looked up at him. Descending again, he reached the bottom of his semi-circular path. There for a moment, the volume dialed up on the music. The melody changed key. It might have been his imagination, but gravity’s tug on him waned.
At that point on the arc where the descent ended and the rise began, time stopped, and the pull of gravity ceased. He entered an eternity, and when it passed, the anomaly faded.
His heart pounded. Motion had slowed there, not only the swing but his pulse. Though st
