Malediction
“He then rolled his duffel coat and hat tight under his arm and straightened his cuffs, flattered by the girl who stood close enough alongside for him to feel her body through his clothes.
“Hi.” She groped for his hand. “You busy?”
Another Magdalene, a ten-a-penny whore, when his mother and all the other women he’d admired had been regally tall, this one was too small and her cheap perfume overdone.
“I am.”
“Well, I can wait. I like you.”
Never in his whole life had anyone ev...er said that to him. Neither the girls who used to hang around until dawn for the fishing boat Delphine to come in, only to take his brother Hubert away to bedrooms he’d never know. Nor even his mother, Madeleine Irma Büber.
Two earnest blue eyes bore the hair-line edges of contact lenses, her lips full and red lay half open ready to mouth his reply.
“And what do they call you?”MoreLess
“Hi.” She groped for his hand. “You busy?”
Another Magdalene, a ten-a-penny whore, when his mother and all the other women he’d admired had been regally tall, this one was too small and her cheap perfume overdone.
“I am.”
“Well, I can wait. I like you.”
Never in his whole life had anyone ev...er said that to him. Neither the girls who used to hang around until dawn for the fishing boat Delphine to come in, only to take his brother Hubert away to bedrooms he’d never know. Nor even his mother, Madeleine Irma Büber.
Two earnest blue eyes bore the hair-line edges of contact lenses, her lips full and red lay half open ready to mouth his reply.
“And what do they call you?”MoreLess
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