silence at first . then ," i was doing prewtty welll ignoreing that aspect of this trip . until you brought it ut . thanks for that ."
" sorry ," i said ." i was trying to be sensitive . in case you were having some ....feelings about being so close to -"
" save it for someone who likes bachrubs , alan . you know damn well that's not me ."
the edge in his tone convinced me of the wisdom of a a tactical retreat ," i hear you ."
" tis girl you were with got a name ? the one nothing happpened with ?"
"amy ."
" no amys on that canyon hike . i have the whole damn roster in my head . like the seven dwarfs ."
" i'm counting the guy from vegas ."
" after we finished dinner , amy invited me to invite her to come back here for a drink ," i said .
" a drink ? her word or yours ?"
" i knew what she meant , sam . i don't get out much , but i hear stories about stuff like this from my patients ."
" and here is where ? your hotel ?"
" the motel was ....full. merideth offered to let me stay at her condo ."
" there's only one motel in LA ? damn , i didn't make reservations ."
i laughed again . i could have embellished the earlier rationalization i'd concocted about my aborted plan tp stay at the holiday inn express , but even with extra buffing , the tale wasn't going tpo pass sam's bullshit sensor .
"i'm staying at merideth 's condo , sam . let's leave it there ."
" well ," he said ." let me see if i have this right . you went out for a spontaneous . LA on the town dinner with a woman , aoung woman , someone you just met . it turns out that she finds you so .....what ? charming ? yeah , so charming that she was dying to join you for late night cocktail and ...... whatever might come next . and you suspect that whatever might come next was going to take place on the clean sheetes of your ex-wife 's beverly hills condo while your current wife is off with your child looking for her long lost daughter in denmark ."
i swallowed aigh at his synopsis ." amy is .....beguiling , sam ."
" did you just sayu ' beguing '? sam said ." i hink you're a fucking idiot ."
" sorry ," i said ." i was trying to be sensitive . in case you were having some ....feelings about being so close to -"
" save it for someone who likes bachrubs , alan . you know damn well that's not me ."
the edge in his tone convinced me of the wisdom of a a tactical retreat ," i hear you ."
" tis girl you were with got a name ? the one nothing happpened with ?"
"amy ."
" no amys on that canyon hike . i have the whole damn roster in my head . like the seven dwarfs ."
" i'm counting the guy from vegas ."
" after we finished dinner , amy invited me to invite her to come back here for a drink ," i said .
" a drink ? her word or yours ?"
" i knew what she meant , sam . i don't get out much , but i hear stories about stuff like this from my patients ."
" and here is where ? your hotel ?"
" the motel was ....full. merideth offered to let me stay at her condo ."
" there's only one motel in LA ? damn , i didn't make reservations ."
i laughed again . i could have embellished the earlier rationalization i'd concocted about my aborted plan tp stay at the holiday inn express , but even with extra buffing , the tale wasn't going tpo pass sam's bullshit sensor .
"i'm staying at merideth 's condo , sam . let's leave it there ."
" well ," he said ." let me see if i have this right . you went out for a spontaneous . LA on the town dinner with a woman , aoung woman , someone you just met . it turns out that she finds you so .....what ? charming ? yeah , so charming that she was dying to join you for late night cocktail and ...... whatever might come next . and you suspect that whatever might come next was going to take place on the clean sheetes of your ex-wife 's beverly hills condo while your current wife is off with your child looking for her long lost daughter in denmark ."
i swallowed aigh at his synopsis ." amy is .....beguiling , sam ."
" did you just sayu ' beguing '? sam said ." i hink you're a fucking idiot ."
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