“How did it occur to you that I should read this?”
“I just knew.”
“But, how?”
“Dwight and I were
sitting in the silence and I simply knew that you should read Richard’s
journal.”
“Tell me about this
silence.”
“You’ve experienced
it yourself.”
“I guess I have.”
“And now you’ve
confirmed it.”
“That was
bizarre. Margery?”
“Yes Glen?”
“Do you reckon
that, that the raven had anything to do with Bryan’s death?”
“I think that it
might have. I was very mean to him.”
“Don’t blame
yourself.”
“It isn’t that—I
just can’t help wondering if I was connected in some way to this. I didn’t hate him, but, yes, this needed to
be said. I just wasn’t expecting
shock-waves. I feel especially bad that
he was a close friend of yours. Did
Carol say she was coming?”
“She had some
unexpected business with Derek.”
“I can’t believe
she’s seeing him.”
“She is. He had a thing with my mother for a while.”
“With your
mother? How old is he, anyway?”
“My age.”
“I thought he was
younger. But with your mother. How did you feel about that?”
“Well, my mother’s
a very attractive woman, and she seems to have always specialized in younger men.”
“How does that
affect you?”
“It creeps me out
is how it affects me. I didn’t even know
it was him, until after the crap with Carol during and after the Walk for
Peace.”
“What do you make
of him?”
“Venal.”
“Kind of snaky.”
“Carol seems to be keeping him in line.”
“How does she do
it?”
“Ask her. How are you and Dwight enjoying married
life?”
“We’re both having
second thoughts.”
“Really?”
“We’re not really
compatible, it turns out, I mean in the matrimonial sense.”
“But you both
seemed so sure about it, and so in love with each other.”
“Well, we love each
other. We’ve stopped sleeping together.”
“So soon? What are you going to do?”
“I think we’re
going to stay married for now. Neither
one of us had the emotional reserves right now for dealing again with
divorce. And we still seem to like being
together, but not as husband and wife.”
“More like brother
and sister?”
“More like
something. Glen, I don’t know, and he
doesn’t know either. We’re taking it a
day at a time. Actually, we’re both
comfortable with this kind of arrangement, or so it seems.”
“It doesn’t get
frustrating?”
“We’re not
physically attracted to each other, it turns out, so it looks like we’re
settling for a spiritual union.”
“But surely you’d
like to have children.”
“We have you. And Carol.”
“Thanks a lot.”
“Any time, love.
Any time. Dwight is probably home
now. Shall we walk over and see him?”
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