Cop Out
“Some people righteously insist you have to “get it all out,” be good at battle, glory in topping your lover, stripping him bare of defenses. For them that must be like racing first across the finish line. For me, there aren’t winners, just losers walled in separately by animosity too volatile to touch.
Fights were bad, but the worst was having Howard stalk out. And being left here. I wanted to stalk out, to slam door, to burn rubber.… But you feel like a jerk stalking alone. Instead I called La...ura Goldman. It was eight o’clock. Eleven in Pittsburgh. I tried the station. She’d been gone for hours.
If she’d come up with something on Ott, she’d have notified me. All I would get for disturbing her at this hour was grief.
She might be in bed.
If so, she wouldn’t have far to reach. I dialed.
“You’ve reached eight-nine-two—”
“Goldman! Answer the phone!”
The recording ended.
“Goldman, Jill Smith here. It’s important. Look, if you’re just not answering…I’ll call back, even later.MoreLess
Fights were bad, but the worst was having Howard stalk out. And being left here. I wanted to stalk out, to slam door, to burn rubber.… But you feel like a jerk stalking alone. Instead I called La...ura Goldman. It was eight o’clock. Eleven in Pittsburgh. I tried the station. She’d been gone for hours.
If she’d come up with something on Ott, she’d have notified me. All I would get for disturbing her at this hour was grief.
She might be in bed.
If so, she wouldn’t have far to reach. I dialed.
“You’ve reached eight-nine-two—”
“Goldman! Answer the phone!”
The recording ended.
“Goldman, Jill Smith here. It’s important. Look, if you’re just not answering…I’ll call back, even later.MoreLess
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