. then i hired you and i brought yoou home to meet him over a spaghetti supper , you know the rest of the hisory ."
"no," i said ." that's not what what i am asking ."
rose was keeping something back .. the light played on her honey hair and creamy skin . in the past , nathan had touched that hair and skin . they had belonged to him ,
thirsty and burning with humiliation , i asked the question that had to be asked ." rose , did you take nathan back as a lover ?"
rose shifted in the chair . slender but not too slender , toned and groomed - she was a world away from the frazzled working mother whom i first encountered in vistemax office . yet she was vulnerable too . of corse nathan would have wanted her back .
she placed her hand on her chest , in the region of the heart ." if feels like a stone on my chest , mourning nathan , like a gigantic attack of indigestion ."
" i know ," i said .
we could ask each other , do you weep for him , like i do ?
" do you ?"
" you're not nswering the question ."
" that because . i'm not going to ."
i bit my lip ." tell me , rose . what was it you and nathan decided ?"
" he said you were ambitious ."
" so was he at my age . so were you . you had a fight with him about going back to work ."
the and on her hest curled into a ball ." it's irrelevant now . old , old ground and i don't wish to go over it ."
"no," i said ." that's not what what i am asking ."
rose was keeping something back .. the light played on her honey hair and creamy skin . in the past , nathan had touched that hair and skin . they had belonged to him ,
thirsty and burning with humiliation , i asked the question that had to be asked ." rose , did you take nathan back as a lover ?"
rose shifted in the chair . slender but not too slender , toned and groomed - she was a world away from the frazzled working mother whom i first encountered in vistemax office . yet she was vulnerable too . of corse nathan would have wanted her back .
she placed her hand on her chest , in the region of the heart ." if feels like a stone on my chest , mourning nathan , like a gigantic attack of indigestion ."
" i know ," i said .
we could ask each other , do you weep for him , like i do ?
" do you ?"
" you're not nswering the question ."
" that because . i'm not going to ."
i bit my lip ." tell me , rose . what was it you and nathan decided ?"
" he said you were ambitious ."
" so was he at my age . so were you . you had a fight with him about going back to work ."
the and on her hest curled into a ball ." it's irrelevant now . old , old ground and i don't wish to go over it ."
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