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years, it could take a while, and I figured we really ought to get started, though we made some good inroads last night.
Is this how you do it? she smiled. All that charm? A hundred and ten years ' what a way to think about it. Well, all right, as long as you put it that way, we'd better do it. What did you have in mind?
How about dinner at L'Orangerie? I'll pick you up at seven-thirty.
Sounds wonderful. I'll be ready. But as soon as she hung up, she panicked. She sat up in bed and stared across the bedroom she had shared for twenty-six years with her husband. What in God's name was she doing? Was she playing Girl of the Hour with Jack Watson? How stupid was she? She got out of bed and decided to call him to cancel. But as soon as she called, Glad-die told her he had gone into a meeting, but she could leave him a message. But it seemed so rude to just leave him a message saying she couldn't have dinner with him, so she said that it was nothing important.
He called her back at noon anyway, and when she answered the phone, he sounded worried. Any thing wrong? Are you okay? He actually sounded as though it mattered to him, which was even more unnerving.
I'm fine ' I just thought ' oh, I don't know, Jack, I was just feeling stupid. I don't want to be the Flavor of the Month. I'm a married woman, or at least I was ' or I still am ' in my own mind, and I don't know what the hell I'm doing with you, or what game I'm playing. I can't even bring myself to take off my wedding band, and now I'm having dinner with you every night, and I have no idea where this is going. She looked and felt exhausted when she finished talking, and at his end, he sounded calm, although he didn't feel it.
I don't know where this is going either. And if it'll make you feel any better, I'll buy a wedding band too, and then at least we'll be even. People will think we're both cheating on our spouses. I just know I enjoy your company more than I've enjoyed anyone in years, maybe ever. And I can't tell you more than that. All of a sudden, the life I've led for twenty years looks like a bad joke in the back of Playboy. I'm embarrassed by it, I want to get rid of it, and God help me for saying this, but I want to be the kind of person you'd be proud to be seen with, because I'm so damn proud to be with you, I can't stand it.
But I'm not ready for a relationship, she said mournfully. I don't want to start dating. It's only been a year since I lost Matt, and I don't know what I'm doing with you ' but I love talking to you too ' and I don't want to stop, but maybe we should. Do you think we should cancel dinner tonight? Do you think this is wrong? She sounded so worried that he just wanted to put his arms around her and hug her.
It's going to be all right, he said gently, we're not going to do anything you don't like. We'll just talk about our kids, and relax. It doesn't have to be more than that for now ' or maybe ever. It cost him dearly to say that, but he didn't want to frighten her, or worse yet, to lose her, before he even won her over. Suddenly it all mattered to him greatly. And then he had another thought. Maybe we should go somewhere a little less public for dinner' . L'Orangerie was one of the best restaurants in L.A., and they were bound to be seen there. Wliat about some little bistro, or even a pizza?
That sounds terrific, Jack. And I'm sorry I'm such a lunatic. I just wasn't expecting us to be friends, or not like this anyway ' whatever this is. She laughed nervously and he tried to reassure her.
I'll pick you up. You can wear jeans, if you want.
Great. She took him at his word, and when he arrived, she was wearing faded jeans wallpapered to her spectacular body and a big cozy pink angora sweater. He was dying to tell her how great she looked, but he didn't want to scare her.
They drove to La Cienega, and they stopped at a little restaurant she had never even seen before. They were talking animatedly as they walked in, and suddenly she
Is this how you do it? she smiled. All that charm? A hundred and ten years ' what a way to think about it. Well, all right, as long as you put it that way, we'd better do it. What did you have in mind?
How about dinner at L'Orangerie? I'll pick you up at seven-thirty.
Sounds wonderful. I'll be ready. But as soon as she hung up, she panicked. She sat up in bed and stared across the bedroom she had shared for twenty-six years with her husband. What in God's name was she doing? Was she playing Girl of the Hour with Jack Watson? How stupid was she? She got out of bed and decided to call him to cancel. But as soon as she called, Glad-die told her he had gone into a meeting, but she could leave him a message. But it seemed so rude to just leave him a message saying she couldn't have dinner with him, so she said that it was nothing important.
He called her back at noon anyway, and when she answered the phone, he sounded worried. Any thing wrong? Are you okay? He actually sounded as though it mattered to him, which was even more unnerving.
I'm fine ' I just thought ' oh, I don't know, Jack, I was just feeling stupid. I don't want to be the Flavor of the Month. I'm a married woman, or at least I was ' or I still am ' in my own mind, and I don't know what the hell I'm doing with you, or what game I'm playing. I can't even bring myself to take off my wedding band, and now I'm having dinner with you every night, and I have no idea where this is going. She looked and felt exhausted when she finished talking, and at his end, he sounded calm, although he didn't feel it.
I don't know where this is going either. And if it'll make you feel any better, I'll buy a wedding band too, and then at least we'll be even. People will think we're both cheating on our spouses. I just know I enjoy your company more than I've enjoyed anyone in years, maybe ever. And I can't tell you more than that. All of a sudden, the life I've led for twenty years looks like a bad joke in the back of Playboy. I'm embarrassed by it, I want to get rid of it, and God help me for saying this, but I want to be the kind of person you'd be proud to be seen with, because I'm so damn proud to be with you, I can't stand it.
But I'm not ready for a relationship, she said mournfully. I don't want to start dating. It's only been a year since I lost Matt, and I don't know what I'm doing with you ' but I love talking to you too ' and I don't want to stop, but maybe we should. Do you think we should cancel dinner tonight? Do you think this is wrong? She sounded so worried that he just wanted to put his arms around her and hug her.
It's going to be all right, he said gently, we're not going to do anything you don't like. We'll just talk about our kids, and relax. It doesn't have to be more than that for now ' or maybe ever. It cost him dearly to say that, but he didn't want to frighten her, or worse yet, to lose her, before he even won her over. Suddenly it all mattered to him greatly. And then he had another thought. Maybe we should go somewhere a little less public for dinner' . L'Orangerie was one of the best restaurants in L.A., and they were bound to be seen there. Wliat about some little bistro, or even a pizza?
That sounds terrific, Jack. And I'm sorry I'm such a lunatic. I just wasn't expecting us to be friends, or not like this anyway ' whatever this is. She laughed nervously and he tried to reassure her.
I'll pick you up. You can wear jeans, if you want.
Great. She took him at his word, and when he arrived, she was wearing faded jeans wallpapered to her spectacular body and a big cozy pink angora sweater. He was dying to tell her how great she looked, but he didn't want to scare her.
They drove to La Cienega, and they stopped at a little restaurant she had never even seen before. They were talking animatedly as they walked in, and suddenly she
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