Cate Simon
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They gathered in little groups and spoke to each other in hushed tones, discreetly covering over their mouths as they whispered quietly back and forth to each other. There was no comfortable place to be found here. The air was pulsing with nervous energy. People wandered about the room trying to distract themselves from the burden of waiting. Ladies smoothed out their clothing. Children forced to sit quietly, kicked their legs back and forth. Most of the men chose to pace, occasionally nodding grimly when someone met their gaze. Each found little solace in what small diversions they could invent as they waited in these predawn hours.
By Cate Simon4 years ago in Fiction
Once
They gathered in little groups and spoke in hushed tones, discreetly covering over their mouths as they whispered quietly back and forth to each other. There was no comfortable place to be found here. The air was pulsing with nervous energy. People wandered about the room trying to distract themselves from the burden of waiting. Ladies smoothed out their clothing. Children forced to sit quietly, kicked their legs back and forth. Most of the men chose to pace, occasionally nodding grimly when someone met their gaze. Each found little solace in what small diversions they could invent as they waited in these predawn hours.
By Cate Simon4 years ago in Fiction
