Come Pour the Wine
“He’d lost whatever he’d once had with Janet—the trip had proved that. The kids were almost on their own now. And what did he have left? He was forty-five years old in a world meant only for the young. He was obsolete. Read the ads … It hit him hardest when he realized most of the men in the office were in their late twenties and early thirties, none of them married, none of them with a care in the world. And the secretaries were … what? About twenty. He’d been the youngest in the firm when he h...ad joined after graduating M.I.T. In fact, he was referred to as “the kid.” But the men of his father’s time had either died or retired. Youth had taken over, the world belonged to them.
He looked at the phone for a moment before picking up the receiver and dialing.
“Janet?”
“Yes?”
He paused and cleared his throat. “Listen, Janet, I have to work a little late at the office—”
“All right. We’ll wait for dinner then.”
“No, I think you’d better not. Go ahead without me.MoreLess
He looked at the phone for a moment before picking up the receiver and dialing.
“Janet?”
“Yes?”
He paused and cleared his throat. “Listen, Janet, I have to work a little late at the office—”
“All right. We’ll wait for dinner then.”
“No, I think you’d better not. Go ahead without me.MoreLess
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