From Away
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She’s here now, standing in the hospital corridor, looking at me as I write. If I were a religious man (and how is it that after all this, I’m still not?), I’d say she was an angel watching over us. To my mind, she’s something better than that. A human soul trying to do good.
But she’s gone now.
A nurse is there, standing in the space the Good Mother had occupied a second ago. I’d write more, but the nurse is talking to me.
She tells me you’re awake.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Phoef Sutton is a New York Times–bestselling author whose work has won two Emmys, a Peabody, a Writers Guild Award, a GLAAD Award, and a Television Academy Honors Award. The first novel in the Crush series, titled Crush, was a Kirkus Best Mystery of 2015 and a Los Angeles Times “Summer Reading Page-Turner”; the next two, Heart Attack & Vine and Colorado Boulevard, were also Kirkus Best Mysteries.
Sutton has been an executive producer of Cheers, a writer/producer for Boston Legal, NewsRadio, and Terriers, and the creator of several TV shows, including the cult favorite Thanks. He is also the co-author, with Janet Evanovich, of the New York Times bestsellers Curious Minds and Wicked Charms. His other novels include the romantic thriller 15 Minutes to Live.
He lives with his wife and family in South Pasadena, California, and Vinalhaven, Maine. Learn more at www.phoefsutton.com.