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What to believe?
"I don't know what to believe," Christine finished. "The only things that I can't reconcile to what I thought I knew of my husband are the camera and the vision of him with his hands around your throat. I'll never, never, be able to erase that. Never."
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in Fiction
Flitter-mouse
My word: Flitter-mouse Flitter-mouse is a Tudor period word for bat I like this better than bat, maybe because it's more literal in its descriptiveness as bats do look a little like flying mice; although if you see one up close, you realise that they're not really like mice at all. It made me wonder where the word "bat" came from if "flitter-mouse" is what they called them in Tudor times.
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in Fiction
Belief
Christine added, "You said he was scared? What do you mean, scared?" Bethan felt like she was all at sea without a lifebelt. How to navigate this? She was going to have to rely on her own brief judgement of Christine and what she knew of Katie. Christine seemed rational but she'd also just hit her husband over the head with a rock. These truly were uncharted waters and Bethan wished she could scramble to safety as there was no chance of anyone else rescuing her from this.
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in Fiction
Rachel Reviews: Ruso and the Disappearing Dancing Girls by R.S. Downie (Medicus Book I)
Note: This book is published in the U.S. under the title Medicus: A Novel of the Roman Empire by Ruth Downie * A new Roman mystery to me, and a very enjoyable one at that. To give context, Trajan has just passed away and Hadrian is next in line. Set in Deva, which is modern day Chester here in Britain, Ruso is a medic who administers treatments to the legion with which he is stationed. So, his dealings are mainly with soldiers but he also has private customers and encounters people from all walks of life including the natives, some of them recalcitrant and grudge-bearing and others, more accepting of their conquerors and the changes in life that they bring.
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in BookClub
Wives. Content Warning.
Bethan waited for the woman to respond but she stood, back to her. Bethan was unsure what to do, but eventually, she decided to get up and go over to her rescuer. Gingerly, Bethan rose, her head pounding and her body trembling. Standing, she paused to breathe deeply.
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in Fiction
Christine
I should answer her but the fact of what I've just had to do is sinking in. I get up with a groan. Dave is still out for the count and there's no blood. I must have hit him in just the right place to knock him out but he won't stay like that forever. What has your life come to when you're tying the hands of the person you love behind his back to stop him from hurting you or another?
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in Fiction
Belt. Content Warning.
Bethan's question is met with silence. For a minute, she thinks that she has been left and she feels a stab of fear that Dave could come to any minute and finish her off. If he is able to. She's not sure which eventuality she is more scared of.
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in Fiction
Contemplation
Bethan tried to still her shaking hands. Dave stared off, meditatively, still. He was right on the edge. Dave It all comes back to here. I should've known that it would catch up with me eventually. But so many years passed and the veil was never lifted...
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in Fiction
