Paradise Man
“It was a risk. Because each person who came to his pad compromised him a little. Of course, he could lock it up and sneak into the storefront he had on White Street. But he’d begun to leave a trail.
She didn’t collapse on his couch. She changed his blackened bandages, and Holden had one more turban. She looked into cupboards, found his survival food. There was wine under the sink and seltzer in the fridge. She prepared a tuna casserole, and they sat on the couch together, nibbling with plates o...n their knees. The twig had never prepared a casserole in her life. She didn’t know how to cook. And Holden thought, this must be how it is to have an ordinary wife.
They hardly talked. Holden listened to her chew. He touched her hair. She smiled. He didn’t ask her about her children, or the climate at the Central Park Zoo. She could have left the mattress pad, put down her plate and disappeared. Holden wouldn’t have stopped her. But she’d crept inside his guts with her curly hair, and he didn’t want her to go.MoreLess
She didn’t collapse on his couch. She changed his blackened bandages, and Holden had one more turban. She looked into cupboards, found his survival food. There was wine under the sink and seltzer in the fridge. She prepared a tuna casserole, and they sat on the couch together, nibbling with plates o...n their knees. The twig had never prepared a casserole in her life. She didn’t know how to cook. And Holden thought, this must be how it is to have an ordinary wife.
They hardly talked. Holden listened to her chew. He touched her hair. She smiled. He didn’t ask her about her children, or the climate at the Central Park Zoo. She could have left the mattress pad, put down her plate and disappeared. Holden wouldn’t have stopped her. But she’d crept inside his guts with her curly hair, and he didn’t want her to go.MoreLess
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