ANNA WAVED at Mark through the glass partition. He was on the phone, but he lifted his hand in acknowledgment. She’d avoided Ben this morning by getting a ridiculously early start to the day and taking the bus into the city. She imagined he was parked outside her apartment building right now waiting for her. She told herself that only served him right for being so high-handed and presumptuous as to ignore her insistence that she would be taking the bus. She would not feel guilty. Anna settled into her office chair and booted up her computer. As the machine went through its processes, she thought about last night. “Over?” she said out loud in bad imitation of Ben. “We’re just getting started.” Why did he have to be like that? Why couldn’t he let it go? She thought her confession would have freaked him out. She knew him well enough to know that he was not comfortable with difficult things like emotions and feelings.
What do You think about An Act Of Persuasion (2012)?
