Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You: a Novel
“He leaned forward, holding his head in his hands, covering his face, but I knew he was crying by the sound he made. For a moment I thought it must be my father, because I could think of no other man who would be crying in our apartment, but when I shut the door the man looked at me. It was Mr. Rogers. He resumed his hunched position and put his face back into his hands and cried for another thirty seconds or so, and then abruptly stopped, as if he were on a timer and had been shut off. He sat u...p straight, and looked at me again.
“What are you doing here?” I asked. I did not mean to sound interrogatory, but I did.
“Your mother asked me to come by and pick up my things,” he said. “And leave my keys.” He held up a set of keys, and jangled them at me.
“Oh,” I said. “Well, she’s not here now.”
“I know. That’s why I’m here, she wanted me to come when she wasn’t here. She said she never wants to see me again.”
I felt I was in no position to either refute or corroborate this statement, so I said nothing.MoreLess
“What are you doing here?” I asked. I did not mean to sound interrogatory, but I did.
“Your mother asked me to come by and pick up my things,” he said. “And leave my keys.” He held up a set of keys, and jangled them at me.
“Oh,” I said. “Well, she’s not here now.”
“I know. That’s why I’m here, she wanted me to come when she wasn’t here. She said she never wants to see me again.”
I felt I was in no position to either refute or corroborate this statement, so I said nothing.MoreLess
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