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She put the ball on the seat beside her, but the sight of it made her so uneasy she covered it with her sweater. Sandy walked back to her car and sat in the front seat in disbelief. She looked down at the device (her hands were trembling again), and she pulled, twisted, and clawed at it until the sides came apart, and sound and motion returned. How? What power on earth could do this, could hold the world still?

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Sandy’s hands grew cold, and her skin prickled beneath her clothing. It flew less than a yard, slowing and then hanging motionless in the air. She leaned over, picked up a pebble from the pavement, and threw it. Everything in the world had stopped, except Sandy. The cars on the streets lay still, as if parked in the middle of the lanes and intersections. Holding her breath, hesitant, Sandy looked up-to see a world that had lost not only sound, but motion.

At length her curiosity prevailed: she drew a deep breath and slowly pressed in the sides of the ball. She stood for a long time, wondering, biting her lip. And yet …įinally, cautiously, she picked it up, but with just the tips of her fingers, as if it were hot. She reached out, nudged it with a finger. It looked fairly ordinary-just pretty plastic. She crouched on the sidewalk and studied the ball. Something had happened, something utterly unnatural. She crouched down and reached out a tentative hand but then drew back. Had she only imagined? Was she, in her weariness, dreaming? Falling asleep on her feet? She shook her head, confused. Sandy stared at the ball at her feet and stepped backward, trembling.

The ball hit the sidewalk with a harsh crack, and then there were sea gulls’ cries and traffic sounds again-and they were like music. Her hands began to shake, and she dropped the ball to touch her ears to rub them, unstop them. Sandy stiffened, her ears straining for some sound, any whisper of sound there was nothing. She pushed and, feeling a little give between the two sides, pressed them together. She pulled at it and twisted, but it did not open. Someone’s pop-art telephone or radio? She turned it over, but there were no levers, no knobs or buttons, no receiver. Its surface shifted from rippling greens to iridescent blues and violets. It was a ball, sort of: grapefruit-sized and divided through the middle, like a huge yo-yo. She glanced around her, saw no one near, then stepped over and drew it out. But the object lay near the side of the dumpster, and the paper around it seemed clean enough. Hospital dumpsters were not good places for rummaging. Something drew her eye, something shimmering in the morning light, half-hidden beneath a pile of shredded paper. She wandered over to a trash dumpster and dropped in her carton and wrapper. She’d had three or four hours of sleep for the past six nights, juggling the demands of a sick infant, a cross toddler, a husband in graduate school, and the night shift at the hospital.

She was tired enough that it was hard to remember anything. Water Bottle Will Be Your Best Choice! Unique Gradient Color And Frosted Shell, Using The Best Quality Tritan Plastic Water Bottle In 1 Litre 1000ml, Exquisite Packaging, Stylish And Beautiful, Is The Best Holiday Gift For Sister Boys Kids Girls Unisex Water Bottle Is Suitable For Men & Women As Well As Best Gift On Occasion Of Valentine's Day, Children's Day, Father's Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Birthday Gifts Etc.Sandy wandered through the parking lot of Utah Valley Regional Medical Center, sipping a carton of milk and eating a muffin from the vending machine.

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