she untucked the silk blouse she had been wearing and slouched down on thew bench ."" hy , elliot . forget i said that . you know i'm not talking about your father ."
she had her own family problems , a brother with trpubles of his own . but eliot didn't want to ask about her problems righ now .
" so where yopu working , ellliot ?"
"here , tonight ."
" you were supposed to become a professor , but you stillo make your living counting cards at blackjack ?"
:it pays the rent ," elliot said .
"how does your father like that ?"
"he doesn't know ."
"i never took you for the outlaw type ," carleen said ."i'm still in good old boston .i'm making big bucks ." she shifted a little and he felt her small breat brush his arm .
pathetic , the fact that they were two hungry twenty -somethigs indesperate need of human contac , the fact that he didn't like her butr wanted to kiss her . hew sat on the bench , unable to decide what to do , she seemed to wat to stay with him , though he wasn't sure , she was so nervous , loooking around like casino security might come outside for them .
' you arre actuually alone , aren't you ?" he said .
she wet her lips ad ssaid " yes ' . but elliot thought maybe she was lying . ten - she was willing to walk oput on jher dte ?'
but - nw that he was calmer - he didn't want carleen eto join his lonely party / he was reacting to her just as he always had she put his teeeth on edge .
" i never tought . i'd see you here ." she said ." not after trhe erobbery and all . i tougyht you and silke and raj decided -" " they don't know i'm here . i'm doing some checking ."
she had her own family problems , a brother with trpubles of his own . but eliot didn't want to ask about her problems righ now .
" so where yopu working , ellliot ?"
"here , tonight ."
" you were supposed to become a professor , but you stillo make your living counting cards at blackjack ?"
:it pays the rent ," elliot said .
"how does your father like that ?"
"he doesn't know ."
"i never took you for the outlaw type ," carleen said ."i'm still in good old boston .i'm making big bucks ." she shifted a little and he felt her small breat brush his arm .
pathetic , the fact that they were two hungry twenty -somethigs indesperate need of human contac , the fact that he didn't like her butr wanted to kiss her . hew sat on the bench , unable to decide what to do , she seemed to wat to stay with him , though he wasn't sure , she was so nervous , loooking around like casino security might come outside for them .
' you arre actuually alone , aren't you ?" he said .
she wet her lips ad ssaid " yes ' . but elliot thought maybe she was lying . ten - she was willing to walk oput on jher dte ?'
but - nw that he was calmer - he didn't want carleen eto join his lonely party / he was reacting to her just as he always had she put his teeeth on edge .
" i never tought . i'd see you here ." she said ." not after trhe erobbery and all . i tougyht you and silke and raj decided -" " they don't know i'm here . i'm doing some checking ."
No comments:
Post a Comment