Where Ivy Dares to Grow by Marielle Thompson EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Author: Marielle Thompson
- Language: English
- Genre: Time Travel Romance
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I feel like I might disappear, and I almost wish that were the truth.
There is nothing but gray up here at the top of the world, bleeding the
road and the sky into one. Damp grass expands on either side of us, a steady
spread before the land drops off into the black pit of the ocean below, only
air and the jagged rocks of the cliff between them.
The knuckles of Jack’s left hand have blossomed white where they grip
my thigh. I shift, my legs pressing farther into the sleek tan interior of the
passenger side door and his hand falls away, mindlessly drifting back to
mirror its partner’s grip on the steering wheel. We cut through clouds of fog
hovering just above the road as we speed through the fading afternoon light,
our disjointed breathing and the thrum of the engine the only sounds. The
car envelopes us in a warm bubble of protection from the raging of January
beyond the glass and metal.
I reach across to run a hand through the light coif of Jack’s hair, my
knees still pressed away, my body facing the door, the window, beyond.
There is no light to glint off of the diamond wrapped around my fourth
finger, but it still draws my eye, catching my breath as it dances between
the golden strands of hair. He doesn’t lean into my touch, doesn’t even
seem to notice the spiritless play of my fingers across his scalp.
“It’ll be all right,” I say, and I wish I could mean it.
He says nothing because there are no words, not really, and I wonder if
he even hears me, even knows I’m here. But then his eyes dart from the
road, landing on my face for just a moment.
“Yeah. Thanks, love.” His tone is flat, but it’s enough. It’s the best that
could be expected of him, all things considered.
We’d known that his mother’s health had been deteriorating for far too
long. She’d been fighting her battle for years now. Even back when Jack
and I were still building the foundations of our life together, she’d been on
the cliff’s edge of health. But now not even the best medicine that Britain
had to offer was enough to pull Alice back. It had tipped us all over the
edge with her.
So it was no surprise when, the night before last, Jack had come through
the door of our flat, tie hanging askew, a heavy weight pulling down on his
gaze. These days, it could have been anything, but I knew what it was
immediately. I wasn’t sure that he’d ask me to join him and his parents as
they retreated to their family estate up north to hibernate together for his
mother’s final months, weeks, days.
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