“From habit, I slowed up in front of the room where English 250 met. Mieka had been taking that class before Christmas, and it had always given me a nice feeling to walk by and see her sitting at her desk by the window, chewing the end of her pen, looking thoughtful. The desk by the window was empty now; Mieka hadn’t come back to university after the break. During the hours in which she should have been learning about Alice Munro and Sinclair Ross, she was stripping woodwork at the Old Court Hou...se and talking to suppliers. Her decision didn’t please me much.When I walked through my office door, the phone was ringing. It was Sally, and what she had to say didn’t please me much, either.“Jo, do you have any free time this afternoon?” She was silent for a beat. “There’s news.”“I have to pick up Angus’s skates over on Main Street – the sharpener’s near the Broadway Café. I can meet you there in fifteen minutes.”“The Broadway’ll be fine. I’m at Izaak’s now just around the corner.”“Sal, is the news good?”When she answered, she sounded infinitely weary.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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