Girl Out Back
Girl Out Back
“I said. “How are you?”
“I hated to bother you,” she said hesitantly. “But yesterday when you left you forgot to pack one of your shirts.”
“Well, thanks a million for calling,” I said. “Just throw it in a corner somewhere, and the next time I come out I’ll pick it up.”
“Oh, I’ve got it with me.”
“Where are you?”
“I’m in Hampstead, at the drug store. I had to come in to buy some things, and I thought that since I’d be this near to Wardlow I’d just bring the shirt along. I coul...d leave it here—or if you’ve got a few minutes to spare you could meet me here and I’d give it to you.” She sounded faintly embarrassed, as if she’d got involved in that rigamarole of explanation and couldn’t find any way to turn it off.
Hampstead was fifteen miles south of town, where you left the highway to go to Javier Lake.MoreLess
“I hated to bother you,” she said hesitantly. “But yesterday when you left you forgot to pack one of your shirts.”
“Well, thanks a million for calling,” I said. “Just throw it in a corner somewhere, and the next time I come out I’ll pick it up.”
“Oh, I’ve got it with me.”
“Where are you?”
“I’m in Hampstead, at the drug store. I had to come in to buy some things, and I thought that since I’d be this near to Wardlow I’d just bring the shirt along. I coul...d leave it here—or if you’ve got a few minutes to spare you could meet me here and I’d give it to you.” She sounded faintly embarrassed, as if she’d got involved in that rigamarole of explanation and couldn’t find any way to turn it off.
Hampstead was fifteen miles south of town, where you left the highway to go to Javier Lake.MoreLess
Read book Girl Out Back for free
Write Review:
Guest
Read Also
9 / 10
User Reviews: