eighteen her ex
meriodeth and i met stevies , lisa's sister , on the sidewalk outside the extended stay hotel where lisa was temporarily living as merideth's and eric's guest . the hotel was in a blands brick building in morningside heights , beyond the northern edge of central park , not too far from columbia university . the three of us made small talk while we waited ffor detective to arrive . it was awward .
she had arrived before us and somehow finagled a key to lisa's unit from the building managthe woman was ter . she was fidgety . not pathologiscally so , like jonas's uncle marty . but stevie was taut , like an overstressed on a violin . she carried the tension of someone who just realized she'd run out of nicotine gum .
merideth had been expecting a uniformed cop . she got a detective . merideth had been expecting a man . she got a woman .. the woman was ten minutes late for rendezvous . she pulled her sedan into a no-parking zone across the street from the building and sauntered over to join our little huddle . she pantomimed the tip of an imaginary cap and barked a bored " evenin " when she was stil five feet away from us . her cell rang before any of us had a chance to reture the greeting . she glanced at the screen , turned her shoulder , and said ." what ?"
we cooled our heels for another five minutes or so as the detective walked away from us to deal with her phone call . it was obviously a personal call , not work .
meriodeth and i met stevies , lisa's sister , on the sidewalk outside the extended stay hotel where lisa was temporarily living as merideth's and eric's guest . the hotel was in a blands brick building in morningside heights , beyond the northern edge of central park , not too far from columbia university . the three of us made small talk while we waited ffor detective to arrive . it was awward .
she had arrived before us and somehow finagled a key to lisa's unit from the building managthe woman was ter . she was fidgety . not pathologiscally so , like jonas's uncle marty . but stevie was taut , like an overstressed on a violin . she carried the tension of someone who just realized she'd run out of nicotine gum .
merideth had been expecting a uniformed cop . she got a detective . merideth had been expecting a man . she got a woman .. the woman was ten minutes late for rendezvous . she pulled her sedan into a no-parking zone across the street from the building and sauntered over to join our little huddle . she pantomimed the tip of an imaginary cap and barked a bored " evenin " when she was stil five feet away from us . her cell rang before any of us had a chance to reture the greeting . she glanced at the screen , turned her shoulder , and said ." what ?"
we cooled our heels for another five minutes or so as the detective walked away from us to deal with her phone call . it was obviously a personal call , not work .
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