by The Awethors
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I only became aware that I was heading back to Robin’s Cliff when I passed the North East pier. I had driven a complete, although not direct, lap of the island. It was still deserted. Black, salt blasted trees leaned away from the vicious sea wind. The rip current was fierce in the bay below, and the tide had risen in the hours since dawn, hiding the rocks. On a clear day you could see the faint blue outline of the mainland, but now the morning’s haze hung a shroud over it. I rolled down the windows and let the wind blast through. It was salty and wild; I gulped several breaths before collapsing forward on to the steering wheel. Almost choking on grief, I battled for a fleeting moment with the thought of releasing the handbrake and letting the car roll forward over the cliff edge. I could catch her up and we would be together forever on the waves of the rip current. I even put my hand down to the brake, but I didn’t mean it. I couldn’t pretend that I would die for her; it would have been a lie.
I must have cried myself in to a brief but absorbing sleep. It was nearly half past six when I woke with a start, aching in the back and neck. Numb now, and unable to think of what else to do, I drove back to town to open up. When I got to the café, Enoch was waiting outside and tapping his watch. He nodded a curt ‘good morning’ and stood back as I unlocked the door.
“Late night?” he said gruffly as he pushed passed me into the warm.
“Yep,” I said as I flipped the closed sign over. “Sorry I’m late.”
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LG Surgeson is a writer and teacher who lives in West Wales. Originally born in South Africa, she moved to the UK when she was so little it seemed normal and eventually found her way to Aberystwyth University. She lives in a cottage by a stream and teaches maths to delinquents because it’s better than living in the real world. She writes stories, novels and articles in her spare time which she creates by not sleeping properly. She has two cats who like to help. They aren’t very good at it.
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