East of the City
“Wooden ones, cardboard ones, big and small - you name it, she had it. It was only a single-bedroom place, but the amount of clothes she kept in there was just unbelievable.
She shoved an armful of dresses into one box. ‘Maybe,’ she said, ‘Angela had concussion from when the old guy pushed her.' Legs stretched out on the floor in front of me, can of beer at my side, I watched Lee pack. ‘That couldn’t have helped,’ I said. ‘But I shouldn’t have dropped it on her like that.' She dug in a drawe...r. ‘How old’s Justine? Thirty?’ ‘Twenty-seven,’ I said. ‘And Sebastian was pushing sixty. And he was meant to be their friend.’ She got another armful of gear and dropped it in a box. ‘And?’ she said.
‘That isn’t enough? Justine’s her daughter, Lee. Sebastian was poking her daughter.' ‘They were both grown-ups.’ ‘Sixty,’ I said, swigging on my beer, ‘is a hell of a lot more grown up than twenty-seven.’ Lee got down on her knees and started shunting the filled box across the room.MoreLess
She shoved an armful of dresses into one box. ‘Maybe,’ she said, ‘Angela had concussion from when the old guy pushed her.' Legs stretched out on the floor in front of me, can of beer at my side, I watched Lee pack. ‘That couldn’t have helped,’ I said. ‘But I shouldn’t have dropped it on her like that.' She dug in a drawe...r. ‘How old’s Justine? Thirty?’ ‘Twenty-seven,’ I said. ‘And Sebastian was pushing sixty. And he was meant to be their friend.’ She got another armful of gear and dropped it in a box. ‘And?’ she said.
‘That isn’t enough? Justine’s her daughter, Lee. Sebastian was poking her daughter.' ‘They were both grown-ups.’ ‘Sixty,’ I said, swigging on my beer, ‘is a hell of a lot more grown up than twenty-seven.’ Lee got down on her knees and started shunting the filled box across the room.MoreLess
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