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.‘Bel.’ he said, and for a minute I wanted to cover my ears and scream that I didn’t want to hear it.He stepped forward and took my hands, searching my face with his eyes.‘You know that it’s nearly time, don’t you?’‘You can’t know that,’ I wailed but he just smiled sadly.‘I do.You know why I know.’ He pulled his collar away from his throat and I could see the same shimmery effect I’d seen before.It had spread.I reached out and touched where his throat met his collarbone and, although it was still solid, his skin made the tips of my fingers shiver.‘Aren’t you frightened?’ I said, not caring about the tears that were starting to spill down my cheeks.‘No, I’m really not.I feel tired now.Meeting you has been, well, just the best thing.But we both knew it couldn’t really last, didn’t we?’Then he pulled me close and we kissed for a long time, our faces wet with rain and tears.When we broke apart, I saw that Luka was looking over my shoulder at something.His eyes went wide and then he gave a sad smile.‘What is it, Luka?’ I turned and with a jolt realised that in the mist along the cliff was a small dark-haired woman, standing with her feet neatly together.I gasped.‘Is that her?’ I whispered and Luka nodded.He leaned down and kissed me again and I clung onto him.‘I don’t want you to go yet!’ I cried out but he gently pulled away from me.‘I have to, Bel.I have to go.You know that.’‘Okay, but don’t say goodbye.I can’t stand to hear you say goodbye.’ I was babbling nonsense now but it seemed that if I didn’t hear the word, maybe it wouldn’t be quite so true.‘You’d better just go.’He pulled me into his arms one last time and squeezed me so hard I couldn’t breathe.I heard him whisper, ‘Bel,’ again, then he let go of me and started to walk away.I bowed my head and rain dripped off my chin but I couldn’t stop myself from looking.Eva and Luka both started to run at the same time.I heard her cry out, ‘Luka, baby!’ and he enveloped her in his arms.The rain was coming so heavily now that it was hard to see.I went to wipe my eyes with my sleeve and closed them for a split second, but when I opened them again there was no one there at all standing on the cliff.I was completely alone.CHAPTER 27GoneI ran over to where they’d been standing and shouted, ‘Luka!’ into the wind.I knew it was pointless.He was gone.But my brain couldn’t accept it.I murmured, ‘No, no, no, no,’ over and over again, gulping hot tears and then I found myself sinking down onto my knees, my arms wrapped round myself as sobs shuddered through me.Squeezing my eyes tightly shut, I thought about the moment when we’d kissed for the first time, already a lifetime ago, and the way he’d laced his fingers through mine right before our lips met.I tried to picture it all, to hang onto that moment, but all I could see was the image of him running towards Eva and out of my life.I couldn’t believe I’d never see him again, or touch him.it was so unfair and wrong I didn’t think I could stand it.I always thought heartache was just a figure of speech but I really had a pain in my chest and it hurt, it hurt so much.I lost all track of time but after what could have been minutes or an hour, I noticed something lying in the grass next to me.It was Luka’s keys.I fumbled for them with my numb fingers and pressed them to my lips.Having something of his helped calm me a little and after a few moments I got to my feet and groped for a tissue to wipe my wreck of a face.As my hand went into my pocket, a horrible realisation went through me like an electric shock.Guard this with your life.I couldn’t feel the package.I gave out a moan as I frantically felt inside my top.But it was gone.I ran to the main road and headed back in the direction I’d come from.I didn’t dare go all the way to the fairground as I could hear the fire engines there, but I went as far as I could, scanning the ground desperately.Eventually I slowed to a stop, almost blinded by tears, my shoulders heaving.It was no good.Stupid, stupid, stupid.After all we’d gone through to find it, it was lost.Luka and Eva had died for nothing.I was wet through and almost delirious with sadness and cold.I don’t even remember how I got home.But when I did, Mum was furious with me for being in such a state and kept questioning me over and over about what I’d been doing.I insisted I’d left Abbie’s and gone for a walk on the beach.I made up some rubbish about tripping over a rock.Mum clearly didn’t believe that for a second, but there wasn’t a lot she could do about it.Eventually she realised I had a raging temperature and sent me off to bed where I cried quietly for ages until I eventually passed out.I didn’t do much else but sleep for twenty-four hours straight.When I finally woke up properly, I thought for a minute I’d died.The room was bathed in a white glow and everything was muffled and quiet.I had the mad thought that I was in heaven and Luka would be there too.Then I saw the uneaten toast and cup of cold tea on my bedside table.I got out of bed cautiously and drew back the curtain.The world had been transformed while I was asleep.Every surface was thickly covered in snow that sparkled in the winter sunshine.It looked just like a Christmas card.Normally I would have been excited, but I hurt all over, like someone had peeled back my skin and all my nerve endings were on red alert.I sat back on the bed.All I could think about was Luka, going over the last time I saw him, again and again.Could he really be gone, just like that? When I thought about losing the package, a sick shame twisted inside me.I wanted to see his face badly then and started tossing all my clothes around, desperately trying to look for the jeans I’d been wearing that day.I knew I’d put the picture in my pocket that morning.I cursed Mum because I realised she’d have taken everything for the wash [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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