Liberating Paris by Linda Bloodworth Thomason

Author:Linda Bloodworth Thomason
Language: eng
Format: mobi, pdf
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2004-10-05T04:00:00+00:00

Brundidge was sitting in his office when one of his secretaries carried in a large bouquet of red peonies. Denny, from Dwight & Denny’s Secret Garden, had said in a state of high agitation that these had to be special ordered because the caller insisted that only red peonies would do. Brundidge opened the card, which read, “I was wrong. But you’re still an asshole. Charlotte Rampling.”

Brundidge smiled. So few things in life surprised him anymore. You could’ve knocked him over with an eyelash. He picked up the phone and called her.

“I give. How did you get our local florist to print the word asshole?”

“I handwrote it. And mailed it.”

Brundidge was still nervously fingering the card. “Oh, yeah, right. At first, I thought, by your large sweeping ‘A’ that you were a highly neurotic homosexual man. But I can see now that this is from a highly neurotic yuppie female, who is alternately attracted to and repelled by the populist themes in country music.” This was going good. Sometimes Brundidge could think just that fast on his feet and it had thankfully happened when he needed it. He waited. Charlotte didn’t say anything. Now he was worried. He had tried to sound hip and cavalier, but not smart-alecky. Then she said, “I’m coming to Little Rock on the fourteenth for a story we’re doing about Central High. I thought it might be an opportunity to see if you’re as offensive in person as you are on the phone.”

His heart leapt and he didn’t know why. He didn’t even like her, really.

“Sure. What about dinner? I could drive over.”

“Perfect. Pick me up at the Sam Peck Hotel. Seven-ish.”

“Right.” He hung up. Seven-ish. That’s what she said. He’d heard people in Paris say it, mimicking people in old movies. But Charlotte Rampling had said it sincerely. Seven-ish.

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