After a ten-minute walk he found a nice-looking bistro with an appealing menu and stopped there to have lunch. His hand was fine today, but he was still a little freaked out by the overwhelming effect the painkillers had had the previous night. That stuff had surely helped fast, not just to make th
They took off from Schiphol Airport with a delay of almost 90 minutes due to some technical problems. The guy in the seat next to Joe was nervously flipping through a printout of a PowerPoint presentation and scribbling notes on the pages. Joe closed his eyes trying to tune him out. He really coul
Joe had blocked all attempts to talk it over. He had just walked away or slammed doors shut between them. It had been a real dilemma, however. He had really wanted to punish Dad, but that would have meant telling Mom. He hadn’t been able to bring himself to do it. So, for a while there, he had ju
D returned home after work and a quick stop at the supermarket, feeling almost a little lightheaded. Harry had called her around noon, sounding really pleased that she was interested in transferring to London after all and saying that he still thought June and her over there would be perfect. Her
“Oh, I don’t doubt that one second.” “They made me feel great,” she hissed. “Fantastic! I’m glad I did it! And Bob was the best I’ve ever had!” “Good for you!” he cheered. “Glad you found someone. Did he like your stupid games? Huh? And what a great choice, Liz! I just hope for you that Linda neve
Sarah glanced up from her plate. Across the table Joe had just finished a huge piece of lasagna in no time and was leaning back in his chair smiling at her. “That was really good!” he said. “I was starving.” Sarah couldn’t help laughing. “Do you want another piece?” He thought about it for a mome
Joe nodded, balancing his fork on the rim of his empty plate. “So, tomorrow night,” he said without looking up, “everybody’s coming then?” “Except for me, yes.” “Ah, right…Sorry. “ Now he looked embarrassed. After all, she had already told him that she had to work. She shrugged. “At least I’ve go
Joe let out a relieved breath when he heard the front door close and Sarah was gone – off to work. It was close to four o’clock. Eating the rest of his apple, he absent-mindedly flipped through a magazine. The conversation Sarah and he had had this morning and that had dragged on until half an hour