What Burns Away
“As we headed out to the airport, I contemplated cruising through Mystic with Jonah to steady myself, thinking that seeing the house Miles and I had reconstructed might help me to regain some footing in reality.
But as I traveled east, driving along the waterfront, I feared that seeing the place might only make me more distraught. I abandoned the visit altogether, looping around in a Dunkin’ Donuts parking lot. I detoured instead to Marty’s Clam Shack, a place my father loved to go, raving a...bout their shrimp boats and clam cakes every time we went.
It was deserted except for a few locals eating chowder from steaming bread bowls while one of the two employees attempted to keep the winter chill at bay by lining the windows and doors with plastic wrap.
Paranoid about the fire and disgusted with myself, I pulled Jonah from his snowsuit. I chose a spot in the far corner of the room and eased him into a high chair bellied up at the end of a yellow picnic table, where we swayed with the dock upon which the restaurant floated.MoreLess
But as I traveled east, driving along the waterfront, I feared that seeing the place might only make me more distraught. I abandoned the visit altogether, looping around in a Dunkin’ Donuts parking lot. I detoured instead to Marty’s Clam Shack, a place my father loved to go, raving a...bout their shrimp boats and clam cakes every time we went.
It was deserted except for a few locals eating chowder from steaming bread bowls while one of the two employees attempted to keep the winter chill at bay by lining the windows and doors with plastic wrap.
Paranoid about the fire and disgusted with myself, I pulled Jonah from his snowsuit. I chose a spot in the far corner of the room and eased him into a high chair bellied up at the end of a yellow picnic table, where we swayed with the dock upon which the restaurant floated.MoreLess
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