Water Striders
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“Your sister called, by the way. She’d like to drop by next week to see you,” she said.
“I’m sure she would.”
“Don’t you think it would be nice to get together again, just for a bit? I worry for you, you know. All alone in London.”
Eyes on the table still, James shook his head. “Well, we are together right now and it’s not exactly going great.”
Getting out of hospital is one thing, but getting your life back in order is a completely different beast. James Webb – formerly known as Spider, formerly known as a dead body discarded on the street – awakes from a year long coma and has to realise just that. It doesn’t help that he’s being haunted by images of his childhood home, or by the cold settling in his bones, or his very own ghost.
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- Part 1 of Water Striders
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“Getting desperate, are you?”
“Don’t flatter yourself, Cartwrong.”
“Hm, but am I? Wrong, I mean.” River shifts, lying down as he talks, one leg pulled up, the other hanging off the sofa. "You've got nobody else to talk to? On a Friday?"
“So what if I don’t.”
River Cartwright has enough on his plate– a psychopath for a father, a sick grandparent, a house to sell, an absent friend slash co-worker, and a dead ex-best friend. Actually, scratch that last one. Unfortunately, Spider Webb is still alive and still on River's contact list. James Webb is not doing great. He goes for long walks at night, dreams of ghosts, and the only constant in his life is the dog he watches for his mother. No surprise then, that the phone call with River from months ago still has such a hold on him. Repeating the same mistake, he begins to wonder if there’s something worth salvaging here after all. Through a series of encounters, they rebuild their old connection, leading River to discover that death might have a way of rearranging more than just one’s priorities. That’s how it starts– sharing a call, sharing a meal, sharing a bed.
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- Part 2 of Water Striders