The Walkaway
“At eleven-thirty Steve Blasik stepped into her office.“You got Bill Dearden’s number handy?”“I have it, hold on . . .” She opened her Rolodex, wrote the number down, handed it to him, and went back to her paperwork. At the clearing of a throat she looked up and found Steve still in her doorway.“Are you free for lunch? Around twelve-fifteen?”“Sure,” she said, and again she returned her attention to her work.Ten minutes later the receptionist buzzed her. “Loretta? There’s a guy here, says he’s yo...ur husband.” She sounded dubious, and before Loretta could answer she heard the receptionist yelling. “Stop, goddamn you! Loretta, he’s heading your way. You want me to call the cops?”Standing in the doorway was Eric, looking worse than she’d seen in a long time, his hair dusty and matted into a wedge on top, his clothes half-soaked with perspiration. “That’s okay, Anita, it’s him after all.”“That bitch actually wanted me to pull out my driver’s license.”“So?MoreLess
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