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Wednesday, February 6, 2013

298 deadtime

jules sai9d ," how do you know what's going on with jack , eric ? are you in touch with him ?"
"no," he said ," i'm not ."
mel hookewd a thumb to popint at kayn and raised  her eyebrows . mel's message was clear - she was wondering if kanyn had told eric that jack was dmissing , kayn didn't budgu .
has kayn been   in touch with eric ? i 'm not ."
mel hooked a thumb to pooint at kanyn and raised her eyebrows . mel's message was clear - she was wondering if kanyn had told eric that jack was missing kanyn didn't budge .
has kanyn been in touch with eric ? i didn't know where to slot that data .
" you mind if i take a quick look around , jules ?"
" knock yourself out ," she said ." nothing 's changed since the last time you were here . oh- the toilet doesn't work upstairs . don't know what's up with that ."
eric ," you 're gay , jules . that's a change ."
eric had been hoping for a rtetort , but jules's expression remained serense . he shrugged before he began to climb the stairs , two at a time .we heard the footfall of every step he took on the second floor . in less than a minute , he came back down to the living room . he pulled a chrome - and- vinyl  kitchen chair away from the dinette set and spun it around . he straddled the chair , facing us .
" i just came from your placve in mt . washington , carmel . cops said someone had been hurt , i thought it might be lisa . i went to the hospital . wild goose chase ."
"you tohought lisa was staying with us ?" mel said .
i was still waiting to see some emotion from jules . earlier , when she had greeted me graciously at the front door , she'd demonstrated a self possessed quality and tranquility that i'd found soothing . i wondered if the presence of her old male lover , eric , and her current female lover , mel , in the same room was causing her to withdraw .
i said ," would someone please tell me what is going on with jack ? why everyone is so worried about him ?"
eric turned to me . in a slightly affected tone , he said ," dr . gregory . you get around , don't you ? you hang with my fiancee in new york . make yourself at home at our condo . and now you're slumming with my old friends in the valley .

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