. stevie pointed at the debris scattered around the sofa ," see that ? and that . and that . that's lisa . right there . that kind of mes . i shared a room with her for hlaf my childhood . does that look neat to you ?"
" thank you ," i said ." that's what i wanted to know ."
" it's a metaphor for her life , by the way . i'm always cleaning up after her ."
" thank you ." i repeated .
" yeah , ' she said ." whatever ." again she spun to leave . again she turned back for a last word . this one , too . was dirctted at merideth ." i am not filing any missing persons report . just so you know where i stand ,"
merideth said ." okay ."
stevie tossed the unit key onto th nearest table and tried to slam the door on he exit , but air pressure in the building absorbed the force . te intended dramatic gesture ended up having the impact of screaming into a pillow .
" well ," merideth said after the door closed ." i don't know what i did to offend her ." she shook her head as though she were eager to erase the spectacle from her memory .
i lifted the bound book of sudoku puzzles and flipped some pages . lisa was good at solving the number graphs- the boo was almost completed . someone had scrawled a couple of the phone numbers on the back cover of the book , along with the word " pizza ," the word HEAD in small caps , the capital letter J , the word " desert ," ," and the word "YOUTUBE " . again in small cpital letters ." pizza," was underlined twice . YOUTUBE onece ." desrt " and HEAD had earned no additional emphasis . lisa had also doodled some geometric forms . i looked up ." was that all news to you , merideth ? what stevie said ?"
she was holding a chinese take out menue , she looked perlexed i knew the face she was making . merideth hadn't been puzzle by stevie's soliloquy . but she was feigning innocence about it . someon who hadn't lived with merideth for years might have failed to recognize the distinction .
" thank you ," i said ." that's what i wanted to know ."
" it's a metaphor for her life , by the way . i'm always cleaning up after her ."
" thank you ." i repeated .
" yeah , ' she said ." whatever ." again she spun to leave . again she turned back for a last word . this one , too . was dirctted at merideth ." i am not filing any missing persons report . just so you know where i stand ,"
merideth said ." okay ."
stevie tossed the unit key onto th nearest table and tried to slam the door on he exit , but air pressure in the building absorbed the force . te intended dramatic gesture ended up having the impact of screaming into a pillow .
" well ," merideth said after the door closed ." i don't know what i did to offend her ." she shook her head as though she were eager to erase the spectacle from her memory .
i lifted the bound book of sudoku puzzles and flipped some pages . lisa was good at solving the number graphs- the boo was almost completed . someone had scrawled a couple of the phone numbers on the back cover of the book , along with the word " pizza ," the word HEAD in small caps , the capital letter J , the word " desert ," ," and the word "YOUTUBE " . again in small cpital letters ." pizza," was underlined twice . YOUTUBE onece ." desrt " and HEAD had earned no additional emphasis . lisa had also doodled some geometric forms . i looked up ." was that all news to you , merideth ? what stevie said ?"
she was holding a chinese take out menue , she looked perlexed i knew the face she was making . merideth hadn't been puzzle by stevie's soliloquy . but she was feigning innocence about it . someon who hadn't lived with merideth for years might have failed to recognize the distinction .
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