So Much Blue by Percival Everett

Author:Percival Everett
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-55597-974-4
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Published: 2017-08-31T04:00:00+00:00

I left the room at eleven to find a croissant, which was not difficult. One could not throw a stick and not hit a patisserie. On the other hand, there was no finding a cup of coffee to go, so I sat at an outdoor table of a café a couple of doors away and had a coffee while I ate a pain au chocolat from the bakery across the street. At noon I returned to the hotel then waited another hour before calling home.

Linda answered.

“Good morning,” I said. “Sorry I missed your call. The clerk just delivered the message to me a couple of hours ago. He was very apologetic. He thinks he rang the wrong room.”

“It’s snowing,” she said.

“Really?”

“Quite heavily.”

“I’ll be home in just a week.”

“Where is the good snow shovel? The new one.”

I could see the shovel in my head, blue blade, white handle. “It’s in the garage with the old one, beside April’s old tricycle.”

“Okay.”

“Linda, is everything okay?”

“You tell me,” she said.

“I’ll be home in four days,” I said.

“They’re thinking about closing the schools. What am I supposed to do with these guys?”

“Call Beth.” Beth was our part-time nanny who preferred the term babysitter. “Give her some extra hours. That’s why we have her.”

“Do you know how much that will cost?”

“Cheaper than a therapist,” I said.

I could hear an almost smile and just as quickly its evaporation. “Well, I’d better get breakfast started.”

“The gallery looks good,” I said.

“Good.”

“I’ll call you later,” I said.

I hung up and fell back onto the bed, stared up at the ceiling. My chest was tight. I couldn’t seem to pull in a satisfactory breath.

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