The Snow Garden
“SAID Pamela Milford one afternoon, when winter was still lingering, but slanting sunlight lanced the branches knobbed with new buds.
“What would you like to know?” Eric asked, unable to refer to him by name.
“What does he do?” she asked.
“He wants to be an architect. A great one.”
“Will he? Be great, I mean.”
Eric stopped walking, but Pamela did not release his hand. He stared off into space as if Michael’s career ambitions required the deepest of th...ought. Truthfully, he was hesitant to look at her because he was terrified that although he had been seeing this woman for only three weeks; she would be able to read anything from the slightest tic in his face. How much longer before Pamela figured out that every night, after trying to infuse their requisite good-night kiss with more passion, and performing the obligatory running of hands around her body, he made the long walk back to 231 Slope Street to slip into his bed and wait for Michael’s short knock on his bedroom door, praying that by the time Michael would have joined him beneath the covers his desire for the man’s desperate kisses would evaporate?MoreLess
“What would you like to know?” Eric asked, unable to refer to him by name.
“What does he do?” she asked.
“He wants to be an architect. A great one.”
“Will he? Be great, I mean.”
Eric stopped walking, but Pamela did not release his hand. He stared off into space as if Michael’s career ambitions required the deepest of th...ought. Truthfully, he was hesitant to look at her because he was terrified that although he had been seeing this woman for only three weeks; she would be able to read anything from the slightest tic in his face. How much longer before Pamela figured out that every night, after trying to infuse their requisite good-night kiss with more passion, and performing the obligatory running of hands around her body, he made the long walk back to 231 Slope Street to slip into his bed and wait for Michael’s short knock on his bedroom door, praying that by the time Michael would have joined him beneath the covers his desire for the man’s desperate kisses would evaporate?MoreLess
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