Our Children's Children
“Notes were beginning to accumulate on the spindle. The lights on the console were blinking.
“You get any sleep?” asked Wilson.
She looked up at him. “A little. I lay awake thinking, scared. It’s not good, is it, Steve?”
“Not good,” he said. “It’s too big for us to handle. If it weren’t for the time element, it wouldn’t be so bad. If we only had a little time.”
She gestured toward the door leading to the lounge. “You won’t tell them that, will you?”
He grinned. “No, I won’t tell them that.”
“The...y’ve been asking when you’re going to see them.”
“Fairly soon,” he said.
“I might as well tell you,” she said. “No use waiting. I am going home. Back to Ohio.”
“But I need you here.”
“You can get a girl from the secretarial pool. Couple of days and you won’t know the difference.”
“That’s not what I mean.…”
“I know what you mean. You need me to shack up with. It’s been like that for how long—six months? It’s this damn town.MoreLess
“You get any sleep?” asked Wilson.
She looked up at him. “A little. I lay awake thinking, scared. It’s not good, is it, Steve?”
“Not good,” he said. “It’s too big for us to handle. If it weren’t for the time element, it wouldn’t be so bad. If we only had a little time.”
She gestured toward the door leading to the lounge. “You won’t tell them that, will you?”
He grinned. “No, I won’t tell them that.”
“The...y’ve been asking when you’re going to see them.”
“Fairly soon,” he said.
“I might as well tell you,” she said. “No use waiting. I am going home. Back to Ohio.”
“But I need you here.”
“You can get a girl from the secretarial pool. Couple of days and you won’t know the difference.”
“That’s not what I mean.…”
“I know what you mean. You need me to shack up with. It’s been like that for how long—six months? It’s this damn town.MoreLess
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