Overseas
“I said, opening the door. “I didn’t realize you were coming.”
“Honey, I was worried sick! You didn’t answer your phone.”
“Oh, yeah. I guess it’s still turned off.” I kissed her cheek and gave her a hug. “Uh, Mom…”
It was too late. She was already brushing past me into the living room, and stopped dead.
Julian stepped forward. Don’t worry, he’d reassured me a second ago. Mothers love me. “Good evening, Mrs. Wilson,” he said, in that lyric voice of his. “What a very great pleasure.”
She just star...ed at him: at his face, his frame, the immense gravity of his presence; at his tuxedo, with its curving black bow tie hanging guiltily on either side of his unbuttoned collar.
I cleared my throat. “Um, Mom,” I said, “this is my friend Julian. Julian Laurence.”
“Oh,” she said hoarsely.
Julian smiled his radiant smile and held out his hand. “You flew in tonight, I expect?” he inquired.
She placed her hand in his and allowed him to shake it. “Yes,”MoreLess
“Honey, I was worried sick! You didn’t answer your phone.”
“Oh, yeah. I guess it’s still turned off.” I kissed her cheek and gave her a hug. “Uh, Mom…”
It was too late. She was already brushing past me into the living room, and stopped dead.
Julian stepped forward. Don’t worry, he’d reassured me a second ago. Mothers love me. “Good evening, Mrs. Wilson,” he said, in that lyric voice of his. “What a very great pleasure.”
She just star...ed at him: at his face, his frame, the immense gravity of his presence; at his tuxedo, with its curving black bow tie hanging guiltily on either side of his unbuttoned collar.
I cleared my throat. “Um, Mom,” I said, “this is my friend Julian. Julian Laurence.”
“Oh,” she said hoarsely.
Julian smiled his radiant smile and held out his hand. “You flew in tonight, I expect?” he inquired.
She placed her hand in his and allowed him to shake it. “Yes,”MoreLess
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