My Latest Grievance
“The wages of her early departure would be a bus ticket; no one was going to drive her across the state, loan or rent her a car, especially since her license, we now knew, had expired some fifteen years earlier. Her mother would understand once we explained that there had been an emergency on campus. After her initial shock and disappointment, Bibi would realize that it was better to be spending Christmas with family than alone in Schenectady.
Laura Lee retired early and sulkily after picking at her cold beef pinwheel. I excused myself from the annual checker tournament, simulating yawns, to join my roommate upstairs. She was already in bed, lights out, but tossing noisily. "If you're going to have a long, drawn-out toilette, please go elsewhere," she growled.
I pulled off my shoes and my bulky sweater, and slipped into my bed otherwise fully clothed.
"I suppose they're discussing me," she said.
I said no. The carolers came, we fed them, and then we set up the checkerboard— "They think... it's so black and white!MoreLess
Laura Lee retired early and sulkily after picking at her cold beef pinwheel. I excused myself from the annual checker tournament, simulating yawns, to join my roommate upstairs. She was already in bed, lights out, but tossing noisily. "If you're going to have a long, drawn-out toilette, please go elsewhere," she growled.
I pulled off my shoes and my bulky sweater, and slipped into my bed otherwise fully clothed.
"I suppose they're discussing me," she said.
I said no. The carolers came, we fed them, and then we set up the checkerboard— "They think... it's so black and white!MoreLess
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