Dining With Joy (2010)
“Afternoon light framed his drawn shades, and his intention to sleep until he woke up kept being interrupted by Linus, the restaurant gambler, working his odds.
None of it was earth-shattering, have-to-do-it-now. “Sorry to disturb you, buddy, but just one more thing. If we have one less seafood dish, we can marginalize our costs . . .”
When the buzzing stopped, Luke drifted back to sleep. Later, on his way to work, he’d lob his phone into the Atlantic. He didn’t need it anyway.
Only one who ever... called was Linus. A house phone would suffice for calls from the restaurant, Red, and Heath. Should he send Joy his landline number if and when he switched over? She had yet to call. But to be fair, he’d not called her since the day he left her standing in the upstairs hall.
Did she think of him? He couldn’t get her out of his head. He dreamed of her, turned his fare at the phantom scent of her skin, grinned at the memory of her voice teasing him about talking in “recipe.”
On the last show they taped, she made up a whole bit about him.MoreLess
None of it was earth-shattering, have-to-do-it-now. “Sorry to disturb you, buddy, but just one more thing. If we have one less seafood dish, we can marginalize our costs . . .”
When the buzzing stopped, Luke drifted back to sleep. Later, on his way to work, he’d lob his phone into the Atlantic. He didn’t need it anyway.
Only one who ever... called was Linus. A house phone would suffice for calls from the restaurant, Red, and Heath. Should he send Joy his landline number if and when he switched over? She had yet to call. But to be fair, he’d not called her since the day he left her standing in the upstairs hall.
Did she think of him? He couldn’t get her out of his head. He dreamed of her, turned his fare at the phantom scent of her skin, grinned at the memory of her voice teasing him about talking in “recipe.”
On the last show they taped, she made up a whole bit about him.MoreLess
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