To See the Moon Again (2014)
“Julia looked at the trees along the road, at the height of their autumn pageantry—originally one of the big reasons for this whole trip—yet the view somehow looked more like a flat photograph than a real scene.
Carmen broke the silence. “They have a lot of goat farms up here.”
So the girl wanted to talk now. Julia didn’t reply.
Another mile or two went by, and then Carmen said, “They make cashmere out of goat hair. But not these kinds of goats.”
The briefest pause, then, “Did yo...u know Gil saw his grandmother shot in the back in Poland when he was only six?”
The only Gil Julia knew was her yard man, but she certainly didn’t know anything about his grandmother being shot. Sometime in the summer Carmen had taken to working outdoors with Gil on Tuesdays, and from time to time Julia had seen them standing in the driveway by his truck, talking. She had wondered what kinds of things a peculiar little man like Gil would say to a girl like Carmen.MoreLess
Carmen broke the silence. “They have a lot of goat farms up here.”
So the girl wanted to talk now. Julia didn’t reply.
Another mile or two went by, and then Carmen said, “They make cashmere out of goat hair. But not these kinds of goats.”
The briefest pause, then, “Did yo...u know Gil saw his grandmother shot in the back in Poland when he was only six?”
The only Gil Julia knew was her yard man, but she certainly didn’t know anything about his grandmother being shot. Sometime in the summer Carmen had taken to working outdoors with Gil on Tuesdays, and from time to time Julia had seen them standing in the driveway by his truck, talking. She had wondered what kinds of things a peculiar little man like Gil would say to a girl like Carmen.MoreLess
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