All the Flowers Are Dying
“I let the machine pick up, and after we’d listened to my own recorded message, there was a long enough silence for me to think the caller might have hung up.
Then he said, “Well, hello, Matt S. This is Abie.”
Elaine was in the room with me, and the color left her face as she recognized the voice. She would, of course; she’d heard it when he’d come to her shop to buy the bronze paper knife.
I picked up the phone. I said, “Hello,” and wondered why I was saying anything.
“I’ve been trying to reach my sponsor,” he said. “I was hoping for the benefit of his strength, hope, and experience. But he’s not answering his phone, so I thought I’d call you instead.”
“Really.”
“Maybe you could tell me not to drink, and to go to a meeting. That might be helpful in keeping me on the straight and narrow.”
“What do you want?”
“Why, I just wanted to talk. And you’ll probably want to keep me on the line so you can trace the call.”
We hadn’t set up for that. It’s not that hard to do nowadays, but in this c...ase there hadn’t seemed to be much point to it.MoreLess
Then he said, “Well, hello, Matt S. This is Abie.”
Elaine was in the room with me, and the color left her face as she recognized the voice. She would, of course; she’d heard it when he’d come to her shop to buy the bronze paper knife.
I picked up the phone. I said, “Hello,” and wondered why I was saying anything.
“I’ve been trying to reach my sponsor,” he said. “I was hoping for the benefit of his strength, hope, and experience. But he’s not answering his phone, so I thought I’d call you instead.”
“Really.”
“Maybe you could tell me not to drink, and to go to a meeting. That might be helpful in keeping me on the straight and narrow.”
“What do you want?”
“Why, I just wanted to talk. And you’ll probably want to keep me on the line so you can trace the call.”
We hadn’t set up for that. It’s not that hard to do nowadays, but in this c...ase there hadn’t seemed to be much point to it.MoreLess
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