. twenty-three
merideth phoned me from a restaurant in midtown that was a few blocks from ottavia's apartment . she'd excused herself from a bussiness lunch and was calling me from outside the bathroom .
"meet me in fifteen minutes ? i want to tell you what i'm thinki9ng ."
the tone of the summons felt familiar . i went anyway .
i spotted her on the sidewalk , walked up behind her ." merideth ," i said . id been outdoors for less than ten minutes , had walked only three blocks , i was sweating from pores i never used in colorado , not even during a long summer bike ride .
i thought that even my ears were sweating .
merideth pirouetted as though she'd known i was there and had been waiting for her cue . she air-kisssed my left cheek ." i think she's dead ," she whipered , declining to bother with a segue .
"lisa ? " i said . oh my god .
"no . god . no . the girl from that camping trip . it has to have something to do with lisa ....leaving ."
i took a half-step back . i aksed ," do you have a reason to think she's dead ?"
merideth tightened her jaw ." i'm not one of your patients ."
i altered my voice , tryping to find something less compassionate ."yopu're afraid the woman is dead ?"she nodded .
merideth phoned me from a restaurant in midtown that was a few blocks from ottavia's apartment . she'd excused herself from a bussiness lunch and was calling me from outside the bathroom .
"meet me in fifteen minutes ? i want to tell you what i'm thinki9ng ."
the tone of the summons felt familiar . i went anyway .
i spotted her on the sidewalk , walked up behind her ." merideth ," i said . id been outdoors for less than ten minutes , had walked only three blocks , i was sweating from pores i never used in colorado , not even during a long summer bike ride .
i thought that even my ears were sweating .
merideth pirouetted as though she'd known i was there and had been waiting for her cue . she air-kisssed my left cheek ." i think she's dead ," she whipered , declining to bother with a segue .
"lisa ? " i said . oh my god .
"no . god . no . the girl from that camping trip . it has to have something to do with lisa ....leaving ."
i took a half-step back . i aksed ," do you have a reason to think she's dead ?"
merideth tightened her jaw ." i'm not one of your patients ."
i altered my voice , tryping to find something less compassionate ."yopu're afraid the woman is dead ?"she nodded .
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