“He has followed his real calling as he calls it.” With her fingers she was indicating quotation marks. “He’s making jam!” Joe burst out as if he was a competitor in a TV quiz show. “Almost,” D laughed. “He started a catering business. Works with two other guys and a young woman. And Mom is helpin
There was a moment of silence. Watching her closely, Joe couldn’t help feeling a little aggravated. Even if there didn’t seem to be anyone else right now, what she had said in regard to Pete could mean pretty much anything. He wasn’t even quite sure how and why the relationship with Pete had ended.
The way the wind was picking up, it would probably start raining soon. Across from her, Joe leaned back in his chair again and stared towards the outline of the apple tree. “What if I didn’t want to go home?” he asked a little stubbornly. Despite the cool wind, D felt like a heat wave had just hi
After D had closed her bedroom door, Joe turned off the movie and flipped through the channels without being able to focus on anything. Somehow this evening had been a bit of a mess. He really couldn’t quite say what had made it so important to stay here, when it was purely his staying on the sofa
With scenes of a relationship flying by – Danny going shopping with him for Sarah; first evening in her dorm room; the concert; a few days of trying to get her out of his head; waking up in the hospital; his escaping his parents’ house on crutches; first night together in her dorm room… He forced h
Deep down D was incredibly relieved that his question hadn’t been what she had expected. He could ask about Pete all he wanted. That was fine. No problem there. She would answer more or less truthfully – whatever she saw fit – and that was it. The thing she really couldn’t have him ask about was wha
He had almost nodded off, when the noise of the bedroom door snapped him back into consciousness. He was instantly wide awake again, his heart beating wildly. “Joe?” It was just a whisper from the end of the sofa where he had dropped the back cushions. “You still awake?” Hearing her actually say
She didn’t answer right away. He nudged her shoulder with his chin. “Answer please.” “It is kind of an experiment, yeah.” “Well, great!” he exclaimed, “and you just lie here and flat-out admit it? That’s pretty shocking! But well - since we’re here, I guess I will just conduct my own experiments