Precious And Fragile Things (2011)
“He toyed with his lighter, snapping it again and again as it sparked, until the sharp, gassy smell of the fluid tickled a sneeze from Gilly’s nose. He didn’t offer a “God bless you.”
“The funniest thing I ever seen was a fat lady in a bikini trying to do the limbo,” Todd said suddenly.
At the sheer incongruity of his statement, Gilly turned from the sink where she was washing her breakfast plate. “Where did you see that?”
“At the beach. I only went one time.” Todd leaned back in his chair, rocking. “Laughed so hard I pissed my pants and…the people I was with got mad and took me home.”
She watched him tilt the chair, waiting for him to tumble backward. By luck or skill he kept the chair hovering in place while he balanced. He was graceful that way. Comfortable and competent with his body in a way he wasn’t with his intellect.
Todd looked at her. “What’s the funniest thing you ever seen?”
Gilly shrugged. It didn’t seem that conversation should be so easy, no matter how much he made it so.
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