دانلود رمان انگلیسی “اعترافات میموزا” – جلد 2

THE STIFLING SUMMER HEAT seared my lungs as I pedaled my way down the highway beneath a cloudless azure sky. It hadn’t even been ten minutes since I walked out the front door, and already my back was slick with sweat. My wet bangs clung to my forehead, and my hands kept slipping on my handlebars, as though they were covered in grease. And the earsplitting cries of cicadas only exacerbated the discomfort index. “God, it’s hot…” It was August 5th—right in the heart of summer vacation. Lately I’d been spending most of my days cooped up in my bedroom with the AC running full blast. While that might’ve explained why it felt like my heat tolerance had lowered so dramatically, today was still blisteringly hot. The three o’clock sun felt like it was glaring down at me with its menacing rays. When I looked over at the road, I could see a shimmering haze rising up off the surface of a car that was sitting at a red light—as if the coalescing heat was boiling off the metal frame like a viscous vapor. A little ways after passing in front of the station, I arrived at the library. I parked my bike in the bike lot, then grabbed my shoulder bag from the basket. It was pretty heavy from the weight of the books I’d brought (which were almost due for return), and the strap dug mercilessly into my right shoulder.