CHEMISTRY AND OTHER STORIES by Rash Ron

Author:Rash, Ron
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Picador
Published: 2007-04-17T04:00:00+00:00

I DIDN’T DO the article for Carolina Tempo, and I threw the thirty-eight pages of The Myth of Robert Frost in the trash can Kelly had so thoughtfully made a part of my writing room. The next time Kelly asked what I was working on, I handed her my course syllabi for the fall. She read each one carefully before handing them back.

“You’ve finally found your voice,” she said.

I don’t know what happened to Lee Ann McIntyre. Probably she left North Carolina long before her husband got out of prison, but every time the newspaper has a story about a local murder I quickly turn the page, afraid I’ll see her face staring back at me. But I do think of her quite often. What I remember most about my date with Lee Ann McIntyre was standing with her outside the trailer afterward. The night air was muggy and still, and somewhere back in the woods an owl called.

“Somehow, despite all this, I still think you’re a good person,” she said.

She took my hand, and I felt the warmth of her flesh touching mine, and I could almost believe, for a brief moment, that had we met at a different time and place we might even have fallen in love.

“No, I’m not,” I said finally, and let her hand slip free from mine.

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