All the Things We Didn't Say
All the Things We Didn't Say
“A good sign, I decided-my father hated waiting on the platforms lately, as they were too hot or smelly or loud. Lately, I’d been looking everywhere for good signs. I enlisted the documentary voice again: On the fifth appointment, Richard Davis is showing marked improvement. He has moved off the couch and back to his old bed, and he has started eating with vigor, amazed because food suddenly has taste again. Dr North said this was very, very encouraging, very positive progress.
After we found se...ats on the train, my father glanced at me sideways, like a fish. ‘Why don’t you have a boyfriend?’ ‘Dad!’ I exclaimed, instantly embarrassed.
‘What? You’re pretty enough.’ I immediately thought about Philip. Which was silly-that was four years ago. There had been crushes here and there, but I’d never had a real boyfriend. No one felt right. I always gravitated to Philip, the fleeting kiss in his backyard. I liked to think that some of Philip’s skin cells fused with mine; that, even for a moment, a little bit of his DNA was mine and a little bit of mine was his.MoreLess
After we found se...ats on the train, my father glanced at me sideways, like a fish. ‘Why don’t you have a boyfriend?’ ‘Dad!’ I exclaimed, instantly embarrassed.
‘What? You’re pretty enough.’ I immediately thought about Philip. Which was silly-that was four years ago. There had been crushes here and there, but I’d never had a real boyfriend. No one felt right. I always gravitated to Philip, the fleeting kiss in his backyard. I liked to think that some of Philip’s skin cells fused with mine; that, even for a moment, a little bit of his DNA was mine and a little bit of mine was his.MoreLess
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