The Given Day
“"Thomas."He turned back. "Hmm?""Don't be too hard on the boy."He felt his eyes narrow so he compensated with a smile. "I'm just glad he's safe."She nodded and he could see a clear and sudden recognition in her eyes, as if she knew him again, as if they could heal. He held her eyes and broadened his smile and felt hope stir in his chest."Just don't hurt him," she said brightly and turned back to her teacup.It was Nora who thwarted him. She raised the window on the fifth floor and called down to ...him as he stood on the stoop. "He wants to stay here for the night, Mr. Coughlin."Thomas felt ridiculous calling up from the stoop as streams of dagos filled the sidewalk and street behind him, the air smelling of shit and rotten fruit and sewage. "I want my son.""And I told you, he's wants to stay here for the night.""Let me talk to him."She shook her head and he pictured wrenching her out of that window by her hair."Nora.""I'm going to close the window.""I'm a police captain.""I know what you are.""I can come up.""Won't that be a sight?" she said.MoreLess
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