Chapter 58
It took Tim a few seconds to notice Lainie’s silence because he had three oranges in the air and one of them seemed to be trying to move on a fourth dimensional plane. He snatched it back in the nick of time, which caused him to rush his next toss. Laughing as all three made off in their own directions once more, he turned to his instructor, expecting to see her rolling her eyes at him again. Instead she was leaning over the kitchen sink, vomiting.
‘Hey, I told you it wasn’t normal to eat the whole apple core. But no, you were all “I’ve been doing it all my life, Tim, it feels wasteful not to”. Can I get you some water?’
Wiping her mouth with a shaking hand, she turned to face him. Her face was pasty white and there was panic in her hazel eyes. ‘You were right. I’m so sorry.
