“There's so much to do in the next five years,' Raven said quietly. 'And All for what? Once we finally get there, once we have the job and the house and the family, we just sit there and wait for it all to be taken away from us again.'

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Lotte frowned. 'What d'you mean?' 'We wait to die' Raven said. 'The job, the house, the family, all that. It's just a distraction. A distraction to keep us from facing the fact that it's all going to end.' 'Don't you believe in God?'

Raven looked at her in surprise. She heaved a sigh. 'I suppose not. I used to though..'

'What about you? Lotte asked him.

'Did you ever believe in God?' Not in God as a man dressed in white sitting on a cloud, but in the concept of there being some kind of Creatoer – yes.' 'When did you stop believing?'

'When my mother died,' Raven said.” ―. “What would it be like to fall all that way? Would you scream? Would you have time to shut your eyes before you hit the ground? And when you landed, you would look like a crumpled thing – not real, kind of like a rag doll in clothes – and one of your shoes would have fallen off and you wouldn’t move at all.

Windows Mobile 2003 Pdf Reader. There wouldn't be much blood, only a thin trickle from the corner of your mouth. People would rush over to you, bend over you, and someone would pull out a mobile phone and call an ambulance. By the time the ambulance arrived, a small gaggle of bystanders would have formed and one of the would be looking up, pointing at the third-floor balcony. When the ambulance arrived, the green paramedics would put a fat white collar around your neck, press your chest and blow in your mouth. But after a while they would stop, look at their watches, write something down, lift you onto a stretcher, replace your missing shoe, smooth down your skirt, then cover you with a white sheet and lift you into the ambulance. And you would never see her again.” ―.

“Suddenly there was movement behind him and Dan's hand appeared on his shoulder. 'Raven, what's the matter? What are you staring at?' Dan covered Raven's hands with his own. Raven's fingers seemed to have frozen and Dan tried to uncurl them and pull them off the rail. 'Hey, buddy, it's OK.

I've got you. You're perfectly safe. We're just going to kneel and go back down the steps. All you have to do is let go and kneel down. I've got you, I've got you.' Suddenly there was nothing holding him. A strangled sob escaped him.

'I've got you, I've got you. Look, I'm right here, you can't possible fall. I'm right behind you.' Dan put an arm round his waist and gripped him tight and told him what to do with his hands and feet, and they began co climb down together. It took for ever.

Raven's fingers were so cold he could hardly feel them. Moving each foot down a rung seemed to take all the strength he had. 'Don't let go,' he said, his teeth chattering loudly in his mouth. 'Don't let go, don't let go, don't let go.'

'I'm not going to let go, Raven' Dan said. 'I promise Matey, I'll never let you fall.' They finally reached the ground. Raven was so wobbly he could hardly stand. He felt Dan envelop him in a tight, strong hug. 'You're all right, mate,' Dan whispered. 'You're all right.'

Raven clung to him. He never wanted Dan to let go.” ―. “Fucking hell!' Raven pulled his arm away angrily.

Lotte sat back on her heels, her eyes wide. 'Jesus', she breathed. Raven angrily yanked down his sleeve.

'You did that?' Her voice was faint. He closed his eyes and let his head fall back against the wall. 'You did that to yourself?'