Down Here
““I like to know where everything is before I do anything,” she said. “Going to bed with you—taking you to bed—that’s not me, you’re right. But I did it before I thought about it. And now you’re making me think about it.”
“I don’t know money talk,” I said. “But isn’t there some terminology you guys use for long-term investments?”
“Lots of them. Why?”
“That’s what I’m looking for.”
“With your book?”
“Stop dancing around, Laura. You don’t need to do that. I’m not pressuring you. That’s why I said ...what I did, to take the pressure off.”
“I . . . checked you out,” she said, quietly, looking down.
“And?”
“And . . . are you married?”
“Divorced,” I said.
“Do you have children?”
How deep did she look? I knew Hauser kept his private life rigidly segregated from his work, but, still . . .
I gambled. “No,” I told her. “I had a vasectomy, in fact.”
“You don’t like kids?”
“I don’t dislike them. Just never wanted any.”MoreLess
“I don’t know money talk,” I said. “But isn’t there some terminology you guys use for long-term investments?”
“Lots of them. Why?”
“That’s what I’m looking for.”
“With your book?”
“Stop dancing around, Laura. You don’t need to do that. I’m not pressuring you. That’s why I said ...what I did, to take the pressure off.”
“I . . . checked you out,” she said, quietly, looking down.
“And?”
“And . . . are you married?”
“Divorced,” I said.
“Do you have children?”
How deep did she look? I knew Hauser kept his private life rigidly segregated from his work, but, still . . .
I gambled. “No,” I told her. “I had a vasectomy, in fact.”
“You don’t like kids?”
“I don’t dislike them. Just never wanted any.”MoreLess
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