American Sextet (2004)
American Sextet
“He wished he had a meeting to cover--anything to take his mind off the earlier scene. It was impossible for Dorothy to sustain that kind of rebellion, he reasoned.
Nothing more than an adolescent tantrum. She was being deliberately self-destructive.
He finished his drink and glanced at the door. She would crawl back. What he had to do was assemble himself, plan a response. When an hour passed and the level of Scotch in the bottle had considerably diminished, he began to pace the room, stopping ...periodically to look at the telephone. She would call. She would be frightened, contrite. She would beg him to forgive her.
What were those men that she should worry so much about them? Garbage, the lot of them. Where did she get the idea that they thought of her as a person? In a moment the telephone would ring or she'd be coming through that door, needing him. Only him. He was her protector, her savior. And after it was over, after the deals, the talk shows, the promotions, after the dollars had changed hands, he'd take her away.MoreLess
Nothing more than an adolescent tantrum. She was being deliberately self-destructive.
He finished his drink and glanced at the door. She would crawl back. What he had to do was assemble himself, plan a response. When an hour passed and the level of Scotch in the bottle had considerably diminished, he began to pace the room, stopping ...periodically to look at the telephone. She would call. She would be frightened, contrite. She would beg him to forgive her.
What were those men that she should worry so much about them? Garbage, the lot of them. Where did she get the idea that they thought of her as a person? In a moment the telephone would ring or she'd be coming through that door, needing him. Only him. He was her protector, her savior. And after it was over, after the deals, the talk shows, the promotions, after the dollars had changed hands, he'd take her away.MoreLess
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