The weather wasn't doing him any favors. He raised the shades and beach light poured into the classroom. Summerlust came wafting off the bared arms and legs of boys and girls alike.
planting his feet sideways to take the steps three and four at a time, grabbing the newel at each landing and reversing his trajectory with a jerk
"He and his wife just had their fourth child. I told you, didn't I, they built that enormous house out in Paradise Valley—Al, didn't you count eight bedrooms?"
Alfred gave her a steady, unblinking look. Chip leaned on the Door Close button.
"Dad and I were at the housewarming in June," Enid s…
Chip's problem was a loss of confidence. Gone were the days when he could afford to epater les bourgeois. Except for his Manhattan apartment and his handsome girlfriend, Julia Vrais, he now had almost nothing to persuade himself that he was a functioning male adult, no accomplishments to compare wi…
She berated him then, and for a while the crepuscular birds retreated, but outside the wind had blown the sun out, and it was getting very cold.
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