Death of a Dude
“Irrelevant and immaterial. But the person who appeared inside the screen door as I got out of the car was relevant. As I approached she opened the door and I went in.
I have never met a nineteen-year-old boy who gave me the impression that he knew things I wouldn’t understand, but three girls around that age have, and little Alma Greve was one of them. Don’t ask me if it was the deep-set brown eyes that seldom opened wide, or the curve of her lips that seemed to be starting a smile but neve...r made it, or what, because I don’t know. When I had mentioned it to Lily a couple of years back she had said, “Oh, come on. It’s not her, it’s you. Every pretty girl a man sees, either she’s a mystery he could learn from, or she’s an innocent he could-uh-edify. Either way, he’s always wrong. Of course with you she’s seldom a mystery because what don’t you understand?”
I had grabbed a clump of paintbrush and thrown it at her.
I asked Alma who was around, and she said her mother was taking a nap and the baby was asleep.MoreLess
I have never met a nineteen-year-old boy who gave me the impression that he knew things I wouldn’t understand, but three girls around that age have, and little Alma Greve was one of them. Don’t ask me if it was the deep-set brown eyes that seldom opened wide, or the curve of her lips that seemed to be starting a smile but neve...r made it, or what, because I don’t know. When I had mentioned it to Lily a couple of years back she had said, “Oh, come on. It’s not her, it’s you. Every pretty girl a man sees, either she’s a mystery he could learn from, or she’s an innocent he could-uh-edify. Either way, he’s always wrong. Of course with you she’s seldom a mystery because what don’t you understand?”
I had grabbed a clump of paintbrush and thrown it at her.
I asked Alma who was around, and she said her mother was taking a nap and the baby was asleep.MoreLess
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