Admission (2006)
“Bruce studied his gin and tonic before draining the rest of it. He didn’t seem to want a response.
“Maybe you should’ve stayed in California,” I said.
“Ouch. That hurts.”
“This isn’t some vacation.”
We were sitting in an upscale bar not far from O’Hare. We had flown in to Chicago two hours before and were waiting for Franklin. Bruce ordered another drink, and I wondered if he’d been sober since I’d seen him.
“You think Franklin will know any more than Shane?” he asked.
“I’m wondering if he’s ev...en coming.”
“You want to try his cell again?”
I shook my head. I’d already left him a couple of messages.
“Think he’s the same?”
“Probably,” I said. “Franklin acted like a forty-year-old back in college.”
“How’d we ever end up hanging around with him in the first place?”
“Shane. They were roommates. Remember—they had an apartment off campus that we always went to junior year?”
“Oh yeah.”
“He was all right. At least for a while.”MoreLess
“Maybe you should’ve stayed in California,” I said.
“Ouch. That hurts.”
“This isn’t some vacation.”
We were sitting in an upscale bar not far from O’Hare. We had flown in to Chicago two hours before and were waiting for Franklin. Bruce ordered another drink, and I wondered if he’d been sober since I’d seen him.
“You think Franklin will know any more than Shane?” he asked.
“I’m wondering if he’s ev...en coming.”
“You want to try his cell again?”
I shook my head. I’d already left him a couple of messages.
“Think he’s the same?”
“Probably,” I said. “Franklin acted like a forty-year-old back in college.”
“How’d we ever end up hanging around with him in the first place?”
“Shane. They were roommates. Remember—they had an apartment off campus that we always went to junior year?”
“Oh yeah.”
“He was all right. At least for a while.”MoreLess
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