He Thought I Would Make A Scene At Two In The Morning Until Everything Changed

who had complained about the waiting room music for forty minutes and then tipped the front desk jar twenty dollars on his way out because, he said, at least someone had the decency to listen. We laughed. The house absorbed the sound of it, easy and unguarded, and did not ask anyone to keep it down.

Late in the evening, Nora leaned back in her chair continue reading …