Run
A Gratifying Novel
Excerpt
Chapter One: Save Sam
You've Got Mail
"HELLO? ANYBODY UP THERE?"
Gaia had just stepped out of the shower when she heard the voice floating up the stairs to greet her. She wrapped a too-small towel around herself, went to the landing, and leaned into the stairwell. It was a familiar voice, but not one she expected to hear before eight o'clock in the morning.
"Ed?"
"Yeah."
"Um...what the hell are you doing here?"
She heard him laugh under his breath. "Just fine, thanks, and you?"
At the sound of his voice, a minute ray of happiness filtered down into the blackness of her mood. She hadn't spoken a word out loud since Saturday night, since everything...happened. Now it was Monday morning, and her words were so far back in her brain she had to hunt around for them. "N-Not that fine," she responded hoarsely. "I had..." How could she begin to convey the true horror that was her life? "Sort of a rough weekend."
"What else is new?"
She heard both affection and wariness in Ed's voice. He knew a "rough weekend" for Gaia meant more than teenage angst - that i ... read full excerpt from: Run ebook
