Beach Season
“Hugh said, wiping his mouth with his napkin. “But if it doesn’t rain tomorrow, and if you don’t have to work an afternoon shift, we could go then.”
Thea nodded.
Hugh had called Thea as soon as he had been released from the hospital earlier that evening. Professional opinion was that the wound was going to heal nicely. He was starved, having missed breakfast and lunch. Could he come by and pick her up for dinner? Thea, who felt completely sapped of strength and rational thought, had seen no way ...out of saying yes. Now, they were at a lobster shack, sitting across from each other at a picnic table set with plastic salt and pepper shakers, plastic silverware, and paper napkins. Hugh was devouring a boiled lobster, two ears of corn, a basket of garlic bread, and a salad. Thea was picking at her crab roll, uncharacteristically uninterested in food.
“Is the crab roll okay?” Hugh asked, dipping a piece of lobster in butter. The bandage on his right hand didn’t appear to be a hindrance to movement.MoreLess
Thea nodded.
Hugh had called Thea as soon as he had been released from the hospital earlier that evening. Professional opinion was that the wound was going to heal nicely. He was starved, having missed breakfast and lunch. Could he come by and pick her up for dinner? Thea, who felt completely sapped of strength and rational thought, had seen no way ...out of saying yes. Now, they were at a lobster shack, sitting across from each other at a picnic table set with plastic salt and pepper shakers, plastic silverware, and paper napkins. Hugh was devouring a boiled lobster, two ears of corn, a basket of garlic bread, and a salad. Thea was picking at her crab roll, uncharacteristically uninterested in food.
“Is the crab roll okay?” Hugh asked, dipping a piece of lobster in butter. The bandage on his right hand didn’t appear to be a hindrance to movement.MoreLess
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