Monday, January 3rd, 2011

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10:07a	@@@@@I knew that smile well, because Tom Riley @@@@@I knew that smile well, because Tom Riley had been my accountant - and my friend - for thirty-five years If it had not been custom in our family to ask your father to be your best man, I would have asked Tom I looked at him standing naked in the doorway, looking at my wife on the bed, and remembered him helping me move my stuff out to Lake Phalen 208 Remembered him saying You don't give up the house, that's like giving up home field advantage in a playoff game Then catching him with tears in his eyesBoss, I can't get used to seeing you this way Had he been fucking her then? I thought notBut - I'm going to give you an offer to take back to her, I'd saidOnly maybe he'd done more than make my offer I limped to the big window, not using my crutch Sunset was still hours off, but the light was westering strongly, beating a reflection off the waterI made myself look directly into that glaring track, wiping my eyes repeatedly I tried to tell myself the picture might be no more than a figment of a mind that was still trying to heal itselfAll my voices were speaking clearly and coherently to one another, and I knew what I knewPam had fucked Max out there in Palm Desert, and when he had suggested a longer, deeper commitment, she had refusedPam had also fucked my oldest friend and business associate, and might still be fucking him 209 The only unanswered question was which guy had talked her into the rose on her tit "I need to let this go," I said, and leaned my throbbing forehead against the glassBeyond me, the sun burned on the Gulf of Mexico"I really need to let this go Then snap your fingers, I thought I snapped the fingers of my right hand and heard the sound - a brisk little click"All right, over-done with-gone!" I said brightlyBut then I closed my eyes and saw Pam sitting on the bed - some bed - in her panties, with a bra-strap lying across her leg like a dead snake Friends with benefits (Comment on this)
12:27p	@@@@@Eventually, his breathing got slower, and @@@@@Eventually, his breathing got slower, and his mouth fell openI waited until I was sure he was deeply under, and then I crawled over him and very carefully shifted him from the floor to the bedHe was heavier than before, but I managed I put Jared's pillow back where it belonged, and then stretched out on the mat Well,I thought,I just hurled myself out of the frying panBut I was too tired to care what this would mean tomorrowWithin seconds, I was unconscious When I woke, the crevices in the ceiling were bright with echoed sunlight, and someone was whistling The whistling stopped “Finally,” Jeb muttered when my eyes fluttered I rolled onto my side so that I could look at him; as I moved, Jamie's hand slid from my arm Sometime in the night he must have reached out to me–well, not to me, to his sister Jeb was leaning against the natural rock door frame, his arms folded across his chest“Get enough sleep?” I stretched, decided that I felt acceptably rested, and then nodded “Oh, don't give me the silent treatment again,” he complained, scowling“I slept well, thank you Jamie stirred at the sound of my voice I was ridiculously touched that it was my silly nickname that he spoke on the edge of sleep “Yes?” Jamie blinked and pulled his tangled hair out of his eyes “My room not good enough for you, kid?” “You snore real loud,” Jamie said, and then yawned “Haven't I taught you anything?” Jeb asked him“Since when do you let a guest and a lady sleep on the floor?” Jamie sat up suddenly, staring around, disoriented “Don't upset him,” I told Jeb“He insisted on taking the matI moved him when he was asleep (Comment on this)

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