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paulakingthesandblooheseinsileryingnottofeelnervous.
paultuedtosgoingtobloorrow”heasked.
adrienneranherhandthroughherhair.“idoubtit.thisplacehasbeenhereforsixtyyears,andithasntblo.”
“haveyoueverbeenhereduringaerabigone,ian,liketheoheyreexpeg”
“no.butjeanhas,soithere,soybeshesusedtoit.”
assheansselfevaluatingher.youngerbyafe,herfigureagazines.shehadaslightbuonheose,croaroundhereyes,andherskinhadreachedthatsoftpointihandage,befravitybegantotakeitstoll.
“andyousaidshesafriend”
“etinllegeyearsago.jeanyrooates,andadearrase,sinceshehadanoutoftooattend.”
“butyoudontlivehere”
“no,iliveinrot.haveyoueverbeenthere”
“nytis.iusedtopassthroughontripstogreenville.”
athisans.shetookasipofffeeandlohecuptoherlap.
“iknoybusiness,”shesaid,“butiaskjustcurious.”
paulshiftedinhiseone.”
“thatsalongodrivetohaveaion.”
“ididnthavechofachoice.heeetinperson.”
hisvoiote,andforant,heseedlostinthought.inthesilence,adrienneuldheartheheflagoutfront.
paulsethisffeeoablebet.
“doyoudo”hefinallyasked,hisvoigagain.“besidesgbedandbreakfastsforfriends”
“ihepubliclibrary.”
“youdo”
“yousoundsurprised.”
“iguessiaiexpeethingdifferent.”
“like”
“tobeho,iotsure.justnotthat.youdontlookoldenoughtohealibrarian.heyreallintheirsixties.”
shesled.“itsonlypartti.ihavethreekids,soidothehing,too.”
“hohey”
“eighteeeen,andfifteen.”
“dotheykeepyoubusy”
“no,notreally.aslongasipbyfiveanddontgotobeduntildnight,itsnottoobad.”
hechuckledunderhisbreath,andadrieherselfbeginningtorelax.“hoyoudoyouhavechildren”
“justone.ason.”foranthiseyesdropped,buthecabacktain.“hesadoctorinecuador.”
“helivesthere”
“forthetibeing.hesvolunteeringhisservieraldas.”
“youstbeproudofhi”
“ia”hepaused.“buttoheho,hesthavegottenthatfroyyexoreherdoingthanne.”
adrienhatsohear.”
““
“thatyoustillappreean.idonthearalotofpeoplesayingthosethingsaftertheysplitup.usually,alkabouttheirexes,alltheybringuparethethingsthathebadthingstheotherpersondid.”
paulpersonalexperience,guessingthatshewas.
“tellaboutyourkids,adrieheyliketodo”
adrienookanothersipofherffee,thinkinghosayinghea.
“kidsoh,,andno.andalovesdra,aightgooutfortotryoutsinplastsuer.”
paulraisedhiseyebropressive.”
“isayitothersdoing,”shequipped.
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shesled.“ofurse,thosearejusttheirgoodparts.haditoldyouabouttheirodsessyroo,youdprobablythinki.”
paulsled.“idoubtit.idthinkisthatyoueenagers.”
“ihatyourson,theiousdoctor,throughallthis,too,soishouldntlosehope”
“iurehedid.”
“youdontknohough”
“notreally.”hepaused.“iuylifeuch.”
sheuldtellitissionforhiandshe.beforesheuldd,thephahtuedatthesound.
“excuse,”shesaid,risingfroerseat,“ihavetogetthat.”
paulediorandsensibility.adrienne,hee,ybeevenbyher.
heuldtellthatshehadbeennervouseditoiress,kingsuretheysaidtherightthings,shobledon,asiftheyvieorebthanahloedtoapplytoadrienne.
aoadt,iteone.durifeonths,hedalteatedbetealoneorfendingoffquestionsastohenaofagoodtherapistandhatthepersonhadhelpedthepaulhadgroiredofexplainingthatheknehewas
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