. . a significant number of dirty plates and glasses had accumulates . a pillow from the bedroom was propped on one end of the couch .
" see ? and in the bathroom ? th ere's shampoo , and condituioner in the shower . real bottles . some of her clothes are still in the closet , there 's some underwear in the drawers . she didn't take everything . if she was moving out , she's take everything ."
stevie fought off another shrug . she sighed instead ." cheap stuff . nothing here books very valuable . she bought some new things , soshe had to leave stuff behind . wherever she went , she probably flew . had to fit into a carry -on for the plane . those big bottles wouldn't make it past security ." stevie did a three-sixty as she reexamined the room ." looks to me like she got fed up with this place - though i can't imagine why , it's so stimulating - and she left ."
merideth exhaled loundly . i remembered the axasperated affectation well from our marriage . it was a sign of burgeoning frustration and usualy preceded an eruption of some kind . i took two reflexive steps back and set my feet . i would let the two women go at wihout getting in their way .
"fed up ?" merideth asked with what i considered surprising restraint ." with whom ?"
the exactly same " fed up ?" question had taken off in my head too , but the follow-up i conceived to tag along after it was " with what ?"
the difference - between " with whom ?" and " with what ?" - was a suble one , but since my follow - up allowed for increased degrees of freedom , i thought the distinction was important .
i figured that merideth had asked " with whom ?" because she was assuming that she would be part of the answer and she was daring stevie to take her on directly .
stevie didn't bite . was she experienced enough with people like merideth that she knew better ?or did she know something specific about her sister that gave her some special insight ?
i was leaning toward believing the latter . without moving forward . i said ," stevie , is there someone else - your mother , maybe another sibling , a close friend - who could help us make a judgment about how concerned merideth should be that she can't reach lisa ?
" see ? and in the bathroom ? th ere's shampoo , and condituioner in the shower . real bottles . some of her clothes are still in the closet , there 's some underwear in the drawers . she didn't take everything . if she was moving out , she's take everything ."
stevie fought off another shrug . she sighed instead ." cheap stuff . nothing here books very valuable . she bought some new things , soshe had to leave stuff behind . wherever she went , she probably flew . had to fit into a carry -on for the plane . those big bottles wouldn't make it past security ." stevie did a three-sixty as she reexamined the room ." looks to me like she got fed up with this place - though i can't imagine why , it's so stimulating - and she left ."
merideth exhaled loundly . i remembered the axasperated affectation well from our marriage . it was a sign of burgeoning frustration and usualy preceded an eruption of some kind . i took two reflexive steps back and set my feet . i would let the two women go at wihout getting in their way .
"fed up ?" merideth asked with what i considered surprising restraint ." with whom ?"
the exactly same " fed up ?" question had taken off in my head too , but the follow-up i conceived to tag along after it was " with what ?"
the difference - between " with whom ?" and " with what ?" - was a suble one , but since my follow - up allowed for increased degrees of freedom , i thought the distinction was important .
i figured that merideth had asked " with whom ?" because she was assuming that she would be part of the answer and she was daring stevie to take her on directly .
stevie didn't bite . was she experienced enough with people like merideth that she knew better ?or did she know something specific about her sister that gave her some special insight ?
i was leaning toward believing the latter . without moving forward . i said ," stevie , is there someone else - your mother , maybe another sibling , a close friend - who could help us make a judgment about how concerned merideth should be that she can't reach lisa ?
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