Sleeping Embers Of An Ordinary Mind - Plot & Excerpts
It’s date night, as Eva calls it—their regular Thursday-evening dinner when they all endeavour to eat together. Toniah feels a pull-push; she loves Eva’s enthusiasm for date night, but she’s resistant to the growing obligation, the feeling she’s being sucked into family domesticity before she’s ready. This evening, she turned down the chance to listen to a guest speaker at the Academy. It wasn’t art related, but all the same, it would be good to meet new people. She throws down her bag, creating an obstacle between the kitchen and living room space. “Thanks for getting things started,” Toniah says as she hugs Poppy. “I’ll make a fruit salad when I’ve had a breather.” Poppy’s embrace seems perfectly relaxed. Toniah is on alert for any hint of tension, because two days ago she told Poppy that she’d started seeing Ben. Poppy appeared almost thrilled, which Toniah found difficult to understand at the time. In retrospect, it all fits. It’s as though Poppy has ticked off the last item on a list: Toniah likes her job, tick.
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