. god forbid her landlord knocked at the door wondering what was going on , i was to tell them that i was her brother visiting from champain , illinois . under no circumstances was i to answer her elephone .
i said ," you have a brother in chmpain ? at te university ?" i was making conversation .
her shoulders jumped along with her eyebrows ." i make one up . all my sublets are relatives from champain . uncles , aunts , brothers ." she smiled ." no one here knows champain . they think france , wince . what are they going to do ?"
she meant her landlord , and her super .
"i don't speak italian ," i said ." will that be a problem ?"
she leaned toward me as if to share an intimacy . she was still smiling - her front teeth could have used a little straightening , her solitary physical flaw ." the war ? she said , comporting her face sop that it held a bushel of dramatic confusion . i didn't bother to ask which was sus pecting that was the point .
" say nothing more to them , " she insisted , making a gesture with her left hand that i translated as dismissive . of her landlord , not of me ." not a word , not necesary . my landlord is in the hhamptons . he won't come back to the city unless ... not necessary , no . i told them you were painfully shy . a serious ... problem . you are on medicine ."
"medicine ?" i smiled .
"si" she reached out and touched me above the elbow . she left her fingers there . . i think she was pleased that she had sublet her aparment to a willing coconspirator ." you can move in two days if you would like . i leave tomorrow night . Jfk . MY HOLIDAY begins ."
she laughed .
her laugh was like a song . i wrote her a big check .
she offered to buy me lunch to introduce me to the neihborhood . she looked at her watch and frowned ." but quick ?" she said .
" you choose , ' i said .
i said ," you have a brother in chmpain ? at te university ?" i was making conversation .
her shoulders jumped along with her eyebrows ." i make one up . all my sublets are relatives from champain . uncles , aunts , brothers ." she smiled ." no one here knows champain . they think france , wince . what are they going to do ?"
she meant her landlord , and her super .
"i don't speak italian ," i said ." will that be a problem ?"
she leaned toward me as if to share an intimacy . she was still smiling - her front teeth could have used a little straightening , her solitary physical flaw ." the war ? she said , comporting her face sop that it held a bushel of dramatic confusion . i didn't bother to ask which was sus pecting that was the point .
" say nothing more to them , " she insisted , making a gesture with her left hand that i translated as dismissive . of her landlord , not of me ." not a word , not necesary . my landlord is in the hhamptons . he won't come back to the city unless ... not necessary , no . i told them you were painfully shy . a serious ... problem . you are on medicine ."
"medicine ?" i smiled .
"si" she reached out and touched me above the elbow . she left her fingers there . . i think she was pleased that she had sublet her aparment to a willing coconspirator ." you can move in two days if you would like . i leave tomorrow night . Jfk . MY HOLIDAY begins ."
she laughed .
her laugh was like a song . i wrote her a big check .
she offered to buy me lunch to introduce me to the neihborhood . she looked at her watch and frowned ." but quick ?" she said .
" you choose , ' i said .
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