The Passenger
“It shouldn’t be this hard. At least it shouldn’t be harder than anything else that has transpired between us.
I’m engaged. There, I did it.
You don’t know her. She’s not connected to anyone from our past. I’m trying to anticipate the questions you might have. It’s a game I’m playing. How well do I know you? Let’s see how I do.
I met her on a vacation last year in Hawaii. I didn’t tell you about that, I know. It didn’t seem right, me on a tropical island and you wherever you are—I’m betting on W...isconsin. I was miserable the entire time. Drunk by the swimming pool, starting each day with coffee and bourbon. I fell asleep under the blazing sun. She walked over to me, drizzled sunscreen on my chest in the shape of a happy face. When I woke up, she said, “You’re turning into a lobster. But now you’re a happy lobster,” and walked away.
She’s a schoolteacher in Idaho, but she’s moving out here. I know it would be better for me to go to her, but I feel like I have to stay, to stand guard and make sure that people do what they’re supposed to do.MoreLess
I’m engaged. There, I did it.
You don’t know her. She’s not connected to anyone from our past. I’m trying to anticipate the questions you might have. It’s a game I’m playing. How well do I know you? Let’s see how I do.
I met her on a vacation last year in Hawaii. I didn’t tell you about that, I know. It didn’t seem right, me on a tropical island and you wherever you are—I’m betting on W...isconsin. I was miserable the entire time. Drunk by the swimming pool, starting each day with coffee and bourbon. I fell asleep under the blazing sun. She walked over to me, drizzled sunscreen on my chest in the shape of a happy face. When I woke up, she said, “You’re turning into a lobster. But now you’re a happy lobster,” and walked away.
She’s a schoolteacher in Idaho, but she’s moving out here. I know it would be better for me to go to her, but I feel like I have to stay, to stand guard and make sure that people do what they’re supposed to do.MoreLess
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