All my annoyance at him melted away the moment I saw it was really him calling. It shouldn't be like that. He shouldn't be able to change my mind so fast, just by calling me. But I can't fight it. "If you want," he says, and the annoyance is back, because his voice is soft and hollow, and there's no trace of a smile anywhere in it. "You'd rather I didn't." I say it like a statement, because it's not a question. He sighs and something rustles in the phone, but his voice is louder, happier, when he says, "I want you to come over, Gail." I'm packed and in my car inside of ten minutes, parked in front of his house within twenty. The lock on his front door is still not fixed. He comes down the stairs from the attic just as I'm about to knock on his door. "Still haven't given away the cat, then?" I ask. "Nope, no luck yet." He eyes me up and down as he descends the stairs. "I thought you'd be wearing something tight and slinky. But you're not even in heels, Gail." I smack his arm as he reaches out to wrap it around my waist.
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