The First Warm Evening of the Year (2012)
“Sometime during the drive, I must have asked her what she was doing that night, or maybe I apologized for needing the ride. I doubt that she volunteered that she was having dinner with Buddy’s parents.
“You see,” she said to me, “we’re dealing with people’s lives.”
“Lifetimes, really.”
When we pulled up to my car, Marian handed Laura’s scrapbook to me. “If you like, you can leave it with Remsen when you’re done. It might make things simpler.”
“Simplicity itself,” I said back to ...her, and got out.
I drove in the direction of town, but I didn’t want to go to Laura’s house and have supper with Simon. I was in no mood to see his face on the other side of the dinner table. Instead, I kept on driving. When I saw a small restaurant just off the road, its yellow lights invitation enough, I pulled into a parking space between two other cars, and went inside.MoreLess
“You see,” she said to me, “we’re dealing with people’s lives.”
“Lifetimes, really.”
When we pulled up to my car, Marian handed Laura’s scrapbook to me. “If you like, you can leave it with Remsen when you’re done. It might make things simpler.”
“Simplicity itself,” I said back to ...her, and got out.
I drove in the direction of town, but I didn’t want to go to Laura’s house and have supper with Simon. I was in no mood to see his face on the other side of the dinner table. Instead, I kept on driving. When I saw a small restaurant just off the road, its yellow lights invitation enough, I pulled into a parking space between two other cars, and went inside.MoreLess
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