The Second Man
“He can still eat his weight in hamburgers.
She had made four for the two of them. He ate three. And potato salad. And fruit salad. And now they were tucking into the cream cheese frosted brownies he had bought at Helen’s Sweets, her favorite bakery in Santa Barbara.
“Shall I open another bottle of wine?” he asked.
“Why not?” So far her stomach was handling the bombardment, and she was content to sit in the April dusk forever.
Max went out to his car for more wine and came back t...o the table with the second bottle, as well as the envelope Dr. Millard had left with him.
He pushed the package toward her. “I spent an hour looking through that stuff after I left you. There’s a program from the senior class musical inside, and some photos. Also a couple of newspaper articles about the car accident.”
“Wow.” Jill emptied them out in front of her.MoreLess
She had made four for the two of them. He ate three. And potato salad. And fruit salad. And now they were tucking into the cream cheese frosted brownies he had bought at Helen’s Sweets, her favorite bakery in Santa Barbara.
“Shall I open another bottle of wine?” he asked.
“Why not?” So far her stomach was handling the bombardment, and she was content to sit in the April dusk forever.
Max went out to his car for more wine and came back t...o the table with the second bottle, as well as the envelope Dr. Millard had left with him.
He pushed the package toward her. “I spent an hour looking through that stuff after I left you. There’s a program from the senior class musical inside, and some photos. Also a couple of newspaper articles about the car accident.”
“Wow.” Jill emptied them out in front of her.MoreLess
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