Constance
“He was very large and suntanned.‘Uh, hi,’ he said, when Roxana emerged from Noah’s room early on Sunday afternoon.‘Yes, hi,’ she said quietly. They exchanged some pleasantries but it was impossible not to feel like an intruder while this young man was scratching himself and frying sausages in his own kitchen. Roxana packed her work clothes into a carrier-bag and went out into the bright afternoon. She turned in the opposite direction from the way she and Noah had gone yesterday, and found herse...lf thinking it would be nice if he was with her now. She remembered how amused he had been at the pub, when she hadn’t known what drink he wanted a half of, but he had been laughing about it, not at her. Noah was very kind.There was a McDonald’s in the main street, with a lot of empty cartons outside blown into the gutter and against the gritty walls. She went inside and bought a burger and a waxed cylinder of cola and sat in the window to eat her meal. The seat was uncomfortable because it was sloping, and a girl in a nylon uniform was wetly mopping the tiles close to Roxana’s feet.MoreLess
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