The Old Boys
“About halfway down, Harley called a halt.
“Got to sit down for a minute.”
His voice quavered. He sank onto the stairs, fumbled in an inside pocket, and handed me a bottle of pills. He held up one finger of his left hand. With his right hand he was clutching his heart. I shook a pill out of the bottle and placed it on the palm of his trembling hand. He put it under his tongue. After a moment he seemed to be all right, but his face was pale and his voice weak.
“Nitroglycerin,” he said. “Helps my ...angina. Had a little flutter there, nothin’ to worry about, happens all the time. Give me a hand.”
“Are you sure?”
He grabbed my arm and pulled himself upright. “Not stayin’ here.”
He was still unsteady. The stairs were steep. There were no handrails. As we started down again, I took his arm. He shook me off. Not much strength in the gesture, though. Harley was seventy-eight years old, but until this moment you wouldn’t have guessed it.
My satellite phone, set to vibrate instead of ring, vibrated.MoreLess
“Got to sit down for a minute.”
His voice quavered. He sank onto the stairs, fumbled in an inside pocket, and handed me a bottle of pills. He held up one finger of his left hand. With his right hand he was clutching his heart. I shook a pill out of the bottle and placed it on the palm of his trembling hand. He put it under his tongue. After a moment he seemed to be all right, but his face was pale and his voice weak.
“Nitroglycerin,” he said. “Helps my ...angina. Had a little flutter there, nothin’ to worry about, happens all the time. Give me a hand.”
“Are you sure?”
He grabbed my arm and pulled himself upright. “Not stayin’ here.”
He was still unsteady. The stairs were steep. There were no handrails. As we started down again, I took his arm. He shook me off. Not much strength in the gesture, though. Harley was seventy-eight years old, but until this moment you wouldn’t have guessed it.
My satellite phone, set to vibrate instead of ring, vibrated.MoreLess
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