I am truly knoory explained for me tery of ter. Of course, it tempt to steal t of a cure t in li    imagining t of cers ed as, one by one, eacook its place. In time, I o resent every one of to disregard eacribe. I deliberately tried tet them all. Did I say a friend of mine had died? I had no friends.

        of one less devil in turbed by Jimmys at of little Oscar Love, and I dreamt t nig about an ironens. On telpiece sits a roters spelling out fn tides. tains sting out ttieedleernoo despite t, toned boots, a stard a ie t looks like a Cmas boig aude. From be naked and creeping on t. to teal out from beains, from uee; out of to tops on a urns tack as one, oget, anotaking out t;as ist los?" A trageous av?" t as several o restrain ake ;Iur meinen So;

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        "t; I grunted into the receiver.

        S;ess ode in t;

        S imagihe reasons for my awkward silence.

        " one. I ;

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        "Jimmy Cummings said to give you a call. ould you like to meet some;

        e arrao meet after , and se doions to    ttom of tav.

        Sepped straig to ternoon sunligippling across    of t o seems irospect, s I greo adore: trical mottling of t temple t flasess said my name and made it seem real.

        e drove a    across o to kiss ination, but in our toicular place to go. tess turned doalked aernoon. Sold me all about o college, old    paroced studies in music. A feside of toopped by Oscars to steal a bottle of apple -note song.

        "I used test bird, ary scoget o me. Or anyone. You racted, as if you    no one else could ;

        "Im still t ; I told ;Sometimes    or am quiet by myself, I play a tune, imagine my fingers on tes as clear as day."

        "You seem somew;

        "Not al no;

        ened and c;Strange, isnt it? About Oscar Love, t boy. Or stle boys, alike as t;

        I tried to c. "My sisters are t;

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        tess s ts    you, even en."

        I sincerely wis day.

        "And o s playing in your    no; S and kissed me.

        I took    su, kissed    ty s    alone in tcelevision. Slippers crossed on ttoman,    buttoo ted me     do to t    time in years. e ting older, no doubt, but souter t met, but lovely still.

        "e, ; S ube.

        "Great, Mom, fine."

        "See ;

        "tess? I ;

        A ercial broke tory, and suro smile at me between sips.

        "Mom, do you ever ..."

        "s t, ;

        "I dont kno lonely? Like you mig on a date yourself?"

        S; man    to go out ;

        "Youre not so old. And you look ten years you;

        "Save your pliments for your nurse."

        turned. "I t—"

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        tess cer our impromptu piic, ting side by side on a park bencalking in t sunsurn to me, ness, so t I    old me stories t fed my desire for more stories, so t I mig fet a single line. I loved eacal touc of he way she made me feel alive and fully human.

        On ted nearly oo a piic along tion in gratitude to all of tors and nurses, all of Little Oscars sces and teaceers—suced relatives, a priest or ti, and table    feast . C dogs.    and ermelon trucked in from dotles of tuff, tubs of id sodas for ters, a cake specially made in ty for table, iced iering script. ty began at four in ternoon and lasted all nig became dark enoug off a fireo time,     Vietnam and to tion.

        In t. tess looked delicious t evening, a ile, and brigs in    all of ors, a bevy of nurses, and far too many firemen and poli, baked tan aiced    i    I had known him from my former life.

        "; e sroduced o us boto pare notes.

        "So, Ungerland, ts an unusual name."

        "German." ared at the women, who were laughing in an overly personal way.

        "Your family from Germany?"

        "Off t long time ago. My familys been in town for a ;

        A stray string of firecrackers    off in a rat-a-tat of pops.

        "Came from a place called Eger, I t like I said, man, t ;

        I told udied e of t a acavs fation as merely tion of my stressful nigy of seeing tesss old beau.

        Jimmy Cummings crept from be of me.    my surprise and poio t;; ed, and I couldnt    break into a broad grin. Little Oscar, as usual, appeared a bit dumbfounded by all ttention, but    strangers o kiss ion, teens tossed a ball around    poli. In t, ime. I missed    cess, ion ree.

        "I ; Leold me. ", out all nig knos a fever."

        S and toucayed there.

        "So ;

        taring at eaco tion.    tess and Brian aring into eag to unicate somet saying a word.

        "I personally t    some ;

        I ed to tell o s up. Now Ungerlands ouc wever he was saying.

        "... ot still you o feel sorry ..."

        S and tuned in to Lewis.

        "... but nobody believes in fairy tales, rig;

        "Youre rigion possible."

        Before o trides ao tars, finding o look at. I igo , trag circles on my skin h her nails.

        " alking about? Somet;

        "e alking about you," Brian said. Oscar looked dotle and grunted.

        I ess a    glang back. So to a spot aall grass and ferns. Voices carried in t,    ty only made t more exg. S of s and unbuckled my belt. I could omacs. Someone o    someant I rees. tess climbed on top of me, guiding us togeto frame ared into my eyes as ser and voices trailed aarted, and people said good-bye, good nig. S avert her gaze.

        "Do you know w;

        I closed my eyes.

        "Do you know w;

        ay face. Someone bleed her pelvis and drove me deep inside.

        "tess."

        And I said tle in ting oget to touced, "So long, ; from tess giggled, rolled off me, and slipped bato otice t, for t time in ages, I    afraid of t.
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