Aloft by Chang-Rae Lee

Author:Chang-Rae Lee [Lee, Chang-rae]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Psychological, Middle Class Men, Psychological Fiction, Parent and Adult Child, Middle Aged Men, Long Island (N.Y.), General, Literary, Fathers and Daughters, Suburban Life, Middle-Aged Men, Fiction, Domestic Fiction, Air Pilots
ISBN: 9781594480706
Google: qU5a1YN8XVgC
Amazon: 1594480702
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2004-01-02T08:00:00+00:00

A L O F T

187

"Will you stop that? Anyway, I've started. I'm taking lessons."

"From Richie?"

"No. The pro at his club. Though Richard is a pretty good teacher. Listen, why do you care?"

"You never told me you were interested in tennis."

"I didn't know I was. I didn't know about a lot of things I might have enjoyed."

"You say that like it was my fault."

Rita shakes her head, her pinned-up hair making her look like a schoolgirl. I swear I would have fallen in love with her, at any age. Think of Jeanne Moreau, who looked good at every age, but with a darker complexion, a sweeter manner. She says,

"Let's leave it alone. And anyway, that's not the issue. The issue is, What are you doing here? I asked you not to come around here, remember?"

"I wanted to talk."

"You could have called me at home. He's having guests today."

"Champagne brunch and tennis."

"That's right."

"You know I'm thrilled that you're not saying e , we.

"This is Richard's house, not mine."

"And when you're married?"

"That's none of your business."

"He has you signing a prenuptial, right?"

"I'm not talking to you."

"I knew it. He's got it all spelled out, I bet. If you divorce or he dies, you don't get the house, or the cars, or the bearer bonds, or the Aspen ski lodge, or the bungalow in Boca. You just get whatever clothes or furs or jewelry he bought you, plus some parting gift, a check to cover six months' expenses."

"That would be a lot more than I got from you."

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