we're waiting ." she was cool and in control , the sort of person who was practiced at formalities and procedures ." that was the doctor ." she kept her hand clamped around the reciever .. " he will be here any minute ."
impatient to know , i laid both my hands flat on the table . " what has happened ? and why did nathan come to ...you ?"
mu knuckles whitenened with the pressure ." why here ?"
still clutching the phone , rose told me the truth ." roger sacked him this morning ."
"sacked ! " the news was brutal enough to bring the blood rushing into my face .i pressed my hands against my cheeks ." por nathan ." rose put down the phone ." so they got him in the end ." i said ." they always do ."
"vistemax is hardly the gulag ." rose leaned against the sink ." " and nathan had a good run with them ."
"you always did see the best in things ." still i clung to the inconsequetial , curious as to how rose's generosity could survise just now ." i often wondered if it was a strength or weakness ."
rose gave a short laugh ." i leave you to decide . i don't think nathan expected it . do you ?"
"nathan did not confide in me " would have beeen a truthful answer ." he had been there a long time and he knew the form ." but clearly , he had neither known , or cared enough , to guard himself against the consequences of roger's cynical appraisals ." he was in his fifties ....and there is a sell by date for all you know how they operate at vistemax ...."
"yes ," answerred rose flatly ." funnily enough . i do ."
"roger would have dressed it up to nathan .he would have said .
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