A Place in the Country
““A test run,” she said, “just to see how it feels.”
Maggie put down her glass and gave her a long searching look. Folding her arms, she said, “You’re having second thoughts.”
Caroline hesitated. “Not exactly…”
“Then exactly—what?”
Caroline gave her an under-the-lashes-indirect look that said she was worried.
“Afraid you’ll be lonely, out there?” Maggie asked. “Alone?”
“It’s the ‘alone,’” she admitted. “I mean, Mags, Issy still doesn’t really want to come, and now I’m thinking how much I’m going... to miss you all, here, at the pub. You know what I mean…”
“It’s like leaving home the first time.” Maggie understood.
“There’s always so much going on here, the work and the company, the customers, and Winter-White Sarah and Little Billy…”
“Don’t forget Clumsy Lily.”
“How could I possibly?”
They laughed and Maggie opened a bottle of Italian red and poured each of them a glass. “We’re going to drink a toast to your barn,”MoreLess
Maggie put down her glass and gave her a long searching look. Folding her arms, she said, “You’re having second thoughts.”
Caroline hesitated. “Not exactly…”
“Then exactly—what?”
Caroline gave her an under-the-lashes-indirect look that said she was worried.
“Afraid you’ll be lonely, out there?” Maggie asked. “Alone?”
“It’s the ‘alone,’” she admitted. “I mean, Mags, Issy still doesn’t really want to come, and now I’m thinking how much I’m going... to miss you all, here, at the pub. You know what I mean…”
“It’s like leaving home the first time.” Maggie understood.
“There’s always so much going on here, the work and the company, the customers, and Winter-White Sarah and Little Billy…”
“Don’t forget Clumsy Lily.”
“How could I possibly?”
They laughed and Maggie opened a bottle of Italian red and poured each of them a glass. “We’re going to drink a toast to your barn,”MoreLess
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