" bob told me . why'd you leave sweden and go back there ?"
"the doctor says i've pounded my fingers on piano keys so many millions of times that i wore them out . it feels like rheumatoid arthritis and the joints get sollen , but he says it's just a nasty tendonitis ."
"you're taking time off from thestockhom opera company ?"
"it's permanent .i'm finished as a performer ." he gave a self-deprecating laugh ." my hands were bugging me , so i dosed up on ibuprofen . every day , maximum dose , one day , that didn't work anymore ."
"oh , kurt , i'm soory ."
"i'm not crippled . the old hands work fine for most things , just not toccatas . nina ." he paused ,: do yu remember what i was doing for a living when we met ?"
they had met at tahoe fifyteen years before and embarked upon a passionate romance that lasted three weeks . then kurt had gone away , not because nina hadn't heard the full story until years later .she had be an angry when he left , so angry that she hadn't trme that bubonic plague had beeied to find kurt to tell him about her pregnancy ." remember ?" she askled ." i was camping in one of the cabins at falllen leaf lake . you came around to warn me that bubonic plague had been found in the area . of all things ." she recalled her reaction . she had thought , what a line .
"i had to convince you to quit consorting with raccons and squirrels ."
"you were apark ranger ."."
"and you were an argumentative law student . barefoot and beautiful , sitting on the ricketty steps of that little olace you had rented , painting your toenails , as i recalll ."
embarrassed , nina said ,"anyway ."
"anyway ,i've missed the outdoors . i always regretted that a person can't play the piano outsite . meanwhile , i have some free time to consider my future.
"the doctor says i've pounded my fingers on piano keys so many millions of times that i wore them out . it feels like rheumatoid arthritis and the joints get sollen , but he says it's just a nasty tendonitis ."
"you're taking time off from thestockhom opera company ?"
"it's permanent .i'm finished as a performer ." he gave a self-deprecating laugh ." my hands were bugging me , so i dosed up on ibuprofen . every day , maximum dose , one day , that didn't work anymore ."
"oh , kurt , i'm soory ."
"i'm not crippled . the old hands work fine for most things , just not toccatas . nina ." he paused ,: do yu remember what i was doing for a living when we met ?"
they had met at tahoe fifyteen years before and embarked upon a passionate romance that lasted three weeks . then kurt had gone away , not because nina hadn't heard the full story until years later .she had be an angry when he left , so angry that she hadn't trme that bubonic plague had beeied to find kurt to tell him about her pregnancy ." remember ?" she askled ." i was camping in one of the cabins at falllen leaf lake . you came around to warn me that bubonic plague had been found in the area . of all things ." she recalled her reaction . she had thought , what a line .
"i had to convince you to quit consorting with raccons and squirrels ."
"you were apark ranger ."."
"and you were an argumentative law student . barefoot and beautiful , sitting on the ricketty steps of that little olace you had rented , painting your toenails , as i recalll ."
embarrassed , nina said ,"anyway ."
"anyway ,i've missed the outdoors . i always regretted that a person can't play the piano outsite . meanwhile , i have some free time to consider my future.
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