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then, darling? Elizabeth, are
you and John thinking of moving here?”
    Goggy jerked back. “Oh, my heavens, no! We’re just fine in our
house. I hope to God I never have to resort to this.”
    “Goggy.” Honor sighed, then smiled at Mildred “We’re showing A Walk in the Clouds today. Have you seen it?
Very romantic.”
    “I haven’t,” Mildred said with a dirty look at Goggy. “The last
time I saw a movie with these old people, half were gabbing through the whole
thing and the other half couldn’t hear. Good luck!”
    Between Goggy and Mildred, Honor noted, it did seem to be a
habit to want to distance oneself from the capriciousness of aging. Look at Ellington, he still pretends he doesn’t need glasses.
Walked into a post last week. Or, Did you hear
about Leona? Alzheimer’s. Thank God I’m still as sharp as a...what was I
saying again?
    Sort of like single women, Honor thought. Rather than admit
they were all desperately seeking someone—like the cannibals chasing Viggo
Mortensen in that dreadful movie she watched last night—there were all sorts of
excuses. I’m getting over a long-term relationship was a good one. I wish I had time for a relationship! was another. And then the ultimate lie, If the right
guy came along, maybe. But I’m happy on my own. Sure. Which was why
those dating sites had half the planet registered.
    No, honesty seemed frowned upon in Dating Life. Honor wondered
what would happen if she said, I really thought I’d have a
family by now. I’m lonely. Also a little horny, and since the man I love is
marrying my former best friend, I may have to invest in a superdeluxe
vibrator.
    “Come on,” Goggy said. “Let’s get this movie over with before
someone comes to lock me up. They use restraints, I hear.”
    “Honor! How are you?” asked Cathy
Kennedy, who didn’t live here but came in for the movies. “Honey, Louise and I
happened to be at O’Rourke’s the other night. Such a surprise.”
    Honor’s face heated in a rush. “Well, you know. It’s a little
quiet in the winter here. I was just trying to liven things up.” Mercifully, it
was time for her to get the film going.
    Honor had started the Watch and Wine club a couple of years
ago: show a movie that had even a little bit of wine in it and pair it with a
themed tasting. For Uncorked, they’d of course had
the Chateau Montelena chardonnay. Pinot noir for Sideways . A full-bodied cab for Twilight, though the combination of wine and Taylor Lautner’s torso
had proved too much for some, and 9-1-1 had to be called when Mrs. Griggs
fainted.
    The monthly gathering had almost immediately been renamed Watch
and Whine, given the propensity of the viewers to discuss their most recent
health issues, peppering Honor with questions, which she (and her iPad) did
their best to answer. Hey. It was a hobby, and one she’d listed on Match.com. Visits the sick and imprisoned.
    As Honor set up the film in the projector in the gorgeous
auditorium, Goggy sat on one of the plush seats, sighing dramatically. “Just put
a pillow over my face if it ever comes to this,” she said.
    “Goggy, you told Faith you wouldn’t mind a new place,” Honor
said. “Remember? When she was moving into the Opera House?”
    “Oh, I meant a place without your grandfather. But the old fool
wouldn’t last a week without me. He’d starve to death. I honestly don’t know if
he could find the refrigerator on his own.” She paused. “It’s a thought.” Goggy
suddenly sat bolt upright. “Speaking of miserable marriages, I found someone for
you!”
    Honor gave her a wary look. “Uh, that’s okay, Goggy.” Goggy had
recently suggested she marry Bobby McIntosh “before he ended up a serial
killer.”
    “No, he’s wonderful! You should meet him. Plus, it would help
you get over you-know-who. And then you could get married and give me some more
great-grandchildren.”
    The projector’s lightbulb was out. Was there another one? She
opened the drawer