5/20/2023 0 Comments Pool Girl by Cassie Mint![]() ![]() In stilted, awkward sentences, Dr Alexei Galkin tells me what he’s done. ![]() Alexei Galkin is usually so reserved, so tightly controlled, and seeing him upset… He makes no sense, and now he’s agitated, standing in front of me with his chest heaving under his shirt. I don’t smooth it down like I’ve done before, even though my fingers twitch toward him. Both.” Alexei rakes a hand through his hair, rucking it up at the back. “No, you weren’t going to tell me? Or no, you weren’t going to let me find you gone?” I may never warm all the way through.īut my words have gotten through to him, because finally, finally, he reacts.Īlexei scowls at me like he’s never scowled before, then grips my elbow and pulls me into his office. Okay, something forever, damn it, and the icy cold realization that hit me when I found the change of address notice in the post office stack-well. “Or were you going to let me knock on this door one day and find you gone?” I fold my arms over my chest, sweltering in my winter layers already. Hurt throbs in my voice, an accusing undercurrent, and my throat is so tight. ![]() “Were you ever going to tell me?” I hate how pathetic I sound. ![]() Dr Alexei Galkin stares at me from his office doorway, and says nothing. Stiff and startled, his eyes going wide behind those glasses. ![]()
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