"The water swirled around her, and she reached her hand toward the distorted surface.
Her teenaged children have disowned her, her parents are disappointed and embarrassed, and her si.
Hands seemed to be reaching for her, as if to pull her back, but they never quite reached her, or slipped quietly through her, as if she were made of water herself." Madeline has made a lot of mistakes-in her marriage and her life-and has paid dearly for them.
The faces faded, and then reappeared. "The water swirled around her, and she reached her hand toward the distorted surface