Terminal Velocity by Blanche McCary Boyd
Author:Blanche McCary Boyd [Boyd, Blanche McCrary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-76664-9
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 2011-05-04T00:00:00+00:00
CHAPTER 17
âNothing personal, Jordan, but I donât think I would like this much togetherness with anybody. And I donât see how you stand all this disguise shit.â
The first night they stopped, at a tacky resort in the Sierras, Jordan put an auburn rinse on Rainâs hair and insisted she start wearing her prescription dark glasses. Rain complained that she could see fine without them and hated feeling like she had a windshield over her face.
In Boise, they checked into an Econolodge. Jordan made two cryptic calls from the room and went outside several times to use a pay phone. Theyâd picked up some Colonel Sanders fried chicken to eat in bed, and the smell competed with the odor of Rainâs recently rinsed hair. âWow,â Rain said, âthis is just like having dinner with Miss Lureen and Freud. All we need is the LSD.â
Lying beside the white plastic containers was a San Francisco Chronicle theyâd picked up the day before in a truck stop. On the front page was a small article about Sigmund Hellerâs research on American communes. The âAmerican commune movement,â he asserted, was similar to the âkibbutz phenomenon in Israel.â He was returning to Vienna to complete his book.
The queen-size bed was covered with faded yellow chenille, and, hanging on the wall above the bed, was a painting of a striped yellow tiger on a black velvet background. âIf we have plenty of money,â Rain said, âI donât see why weâre staying in a dump like this.â
âI guess youâre not liking your new identity.â
âI hate it. So what will we do here? Go sightseeing in Boise?â
An hour into their flight from Haight-Ashbury, Jordan had tossed a new license across the seat. Under Ellenâs picture was a new name: Evelyn Roach. âWho on earth came up with this idea?â
âThey canât exactly choose the name. It has to be somebody dead whoâs about your age. Weâre lucky it could be done this fast.â
âThis says brown hair. So why did I dye my hair red?â
âYour hair is auburn now. It was only a rinse.â
âDid you get this done at that bookstore?â
âDonât guess, okay?â
âGoddamn. Evelyn Roach. Thatâs more oppressive than being married. I canât believe it. With glasses and red hair.â
âYouâll develop a sense of humor about it.â
âYeah, right. Hereâs a joke: If I turned myself in, I couldnât pass for myself.â
Later, staring in the bathroom mirror, Rain thought that she looked suspiciously like someone who might be named Evelyn Roach. Apparently a large piece of her identity had resided in the unremarkable color of her hair.
âWhy do you get to be someone more like yourself? I mean, those licenses you have arenât insulting.â
âThose arenât good anymore. Iâve becomeââshe flourished a new licenseââSusan Babcock.â
Her attitude was compelling, and Rain moved close to her. âSusan, I like that. Okay, Susan, why are we in this awful motel?â
âSusan and Evelyn. Itâs good, isnât it?â
Rain kissed her. âWhy are we in this awful motel?â
âIâll show you, Evelyn,â she said, unbuttoning Rainâs shirt.
âCall me Roach,â Rain said.
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