Spirit in the Sky––––––––
A house on Cliff Road
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Angela was woken by Harry, snoring beside her. It felt like the middle of the night but there was a gap in the curtains and sunshine spread out from it like the light from a projector. She felt drunk and her head was spinning. She sat up slowly and slipped the covers to the side. She scratched at her upper arm then felt itchy all over, as if there were something wrong with the sheets. Angela was overwhelmed with the feeling she shouldn’t be there, in this bed, with this man, that she needed to leave. She stood up too fast, and had to steady herself against the wall to stop from falling.
Harry turned over in bed, letting out a snuffle. He lay on his side and the snoring stopped. The whisky bottle he’d brought up to bed sat on his
