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I smiled as I thought of Chloe’s excitement when I waved goodbye. She had been to a concert before, but not very many. I knew she was more excited for her son than for herself.
The cab lurched to a stop as I planned out the rest of my day. By the time I got back to my car, tended to a few things in the office, and made it home, I wouldn’t really have much time. After a long morning in the diner, I felt like I needed a warm shower. I smelled like bacon and eggs and that didn’t go over well at rock concerts.
Once I got home, I would climb into the shower, and then go directly from there to the couch. I wanted to be fresh for the evening’s events, for both the listeners and Chloe and her son.
I heard the turn signal blare again as the cab pulled into the station parking lot. The ambulance was parked haphazardly in its normal spot. I could tell Jim had left it in a hurry, though I was sure he had already unloaded the equipment from the back.
I paid the driver, stepped out of the cab, and strolled across the parking lot to peek inside the vehicle. It was sunny and the blacktop was hot. I couldn’t quite feel the steam of its heat on the soles of my feet, but I knew it was close.
Once inside, I answered a few emails. Then, I opened my desk drawer to grab a pen and found Abigail’s book staring at me.
So I hadn’t gotten a chance to read it yet. That didn’t make what I had felt for her any less real.
I then let Abigail’s face envelop my thoughts. The way her hand felt in mine…the way her teeth permeated her smile…the way her curls bounced over her shoulders. I was falling fast.
I thought about calling her, but then I remembered I had told her I would call Sunday and I didn’t want to seem too anxious. I wanted to do what I promised.
I closed the drawer guiltily, knowing that I was not going to read the book that afternoon.
I swiveled around in my chair and stood to leave in one fluid motion. I was looking forward to my afternoon of solitude, though the hours were dwindling and I wouldn’t have all that much time left to shower and lounge.
More than that, though, I was looking forward to the concert. I couldn’t wait to see Chloe’s reaction and I dreamed that her son’s eyes would light up as the sounds met his ears. There might not be much I could do to change Chloe’s situation, whatever it was, but at least I could give her tonight.
CHAPTER TWELVE
I showered and I lounged, as planned, though I had to shorten my lounging time in order to make it to the concert venue an hour before the doors opened. The afternoon guy was driving the ambulance over to the stadium with all of the promotional items we needed. I just needed to be on hand to help unload and set up.
I managed to get to the stadium a few minutes early so I sat in my car and thought about how things might go that evening. I hoped that I would have the energy I needed to schmooze with the listeners. I really wanted to save the best of myself for Chloe and Ian. It was going to be a different kind of experience attending a concert with a little family.
I saw the ambulance arrive, though I heard it chugging through the parking lot first. I waited for Ricky, the afternoon guy to pull up right in front of the stadium and park in a slanted, well visible location.
I jogged over to the ambulance and waited as Ricky got out and came around to unlock the back doors.
“Hey man,” Ricky said. “Ready for tonight?”
It didn’t matter what Ricky said, he couldn’t turn his radio voice off. Some people sounded different
I smiled as I thought of Chloe’s excitement when I waved goodbye. She had been to a concert before, but not very many. I knew she was more excited for her son than for herself.
The cab lurched to a stop as I planned out the rest of my day. By the time I got back to my car, tended to a few things in the office, and made it home, I wouldn’t really have much time. After a long morning in the diner, I felt like I needed a warm shower. I smelled like bacon and eggs and that didn’t go over well at rock concerts.
Once I got home, I would climb into the shower, and then go directly from there to the couch. I wanted to be fresh for the evening’s events, for both the listeners and Chloe and her son.
I heard the turn signal blare again as the cab pulled into the station parking lot. The ambulance was parked haphazardly in its normal spot. I could tell Jim had left it in a hurry, though I was sure he had already unloaded the equipment from the back.
I paid the driver, stepped out of the cab, and strolled across the parking lot to peek inside the vehicle. It was sunny and the blacktop was hot. I couldn’t quite feel the steam of its heat on the soles of my feet, but I knew it was close.
Once inside, I answered a few emails. Then, I opened my desk drawer to grab a pen and found Abigail’s book staring at me.
So I hadn’t gotten a chance to read it yet. That didn’t make what I had felt for her any less real.
I then let Abigail’s face envelop my thoughts. The way her hand felt in mine…the way her teeth permeated her smile…the way her curls bounced over her shoulders. I was falling fast.
I thought about calling her, but then I remembered I had told her I would call Sunday and I didn’t want to seem too anxious. I wanted to do what I promised.
I closed the drawer guiltily, knowing that I was not going to read the book that afternoon.
I swiveled around in my chair and stood to leave in one fluid motion. I was looking forward to my afternoon of solitude, though the hours were dwindling and I wouldn’t have all that much time left to shower and lounge.
More than that, though, I was looking forward to the concert. I couldn’t wait to see Chloe’s reaction and I dreamed that her son’s eyes would light up as the sounds met his ears. There might not be much I could do to change Chloe’s situation, whatever it was, but at least I could give her tonight.
CHAPTER TWELVE
I showered and I lounged, as planned, though I had to shorten my lounging time in order to make it to the concert venue an hour before the doors opened. The afternoon guy was driving the ambulance over to the stadium with all of the promotional items we needed. I just needed to be on hand to help unload and set up.
I managed to get to the stadium a few minutes early so I sat in my car and thought about how things might go that evening. I hoped that I would have the energy I needed to schmooze with the listeners. I really wanted to save the best of myself for Chloe and Ian. It was going to be a different kind of experience attending a concert with a little family.
I saw the ambulance arrive, though I heard it chugging through the parking lot first. I waited for Ricky, the afternoon guy to pull up right in front of the stadium and park in a slanted, well visible location.
I jogged over to the ambulance and waited as Ricky got out and came around to unlock the back doors.
“Hey man,” Ricky said. “Ready for tonight?”
It didn’t matter what Ricky said, he couldn’t turn his radio voice off. Some people sounded different
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