Wait For Me Jack by Addison Jones

Author:Addison Jones
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-01-10T05:00:00+00:00

He took the shortcut to the long-term parking lot, glided through the check-in process, and sat in the same seat he always sat in, with the best view in the departure lounge. He enjoyed being surrounded by people who didn’t know him and didn’t want to talk to him. He took out his book, but didn’t read it. Watched the mini-skirted stewardesses, wiggling and giggling, marching behind the two pilots. The pilots’ uniforms always reminded him of the army, in a reassuring way. The men would drive and the women would bring him his dry martinis, with those little bags of fish-shaped salty crackers.

Then he was on the plane, lighting up a cigarette, sipping gin and falling in love with Billie again. Wanted to instantly tell her so. Write a letter, phone her. The thought of their reunion in a week shimmered romantically. Jack never loved her more than when he was leaving her. But what was more curious: after a day or two in Frankfurt, she seemed to dissolve altogether. Truly, Billie began to seem like someone he made up, and all those teenagers and babies too. Even Colette. Puff! All gone. The only real people were the ones in front of him. The dark-eyed French woman who was considering buying one of Golden Gate Freight’s novels for translation – she was intensely clear. And the young man from Prague, trying to sell him the rights to a Polish novel. His own wife’s face, not so clear. Each time, each trip, he was caught by surprise. Stunned at his own shallowness. Here I am again. This place. Then his Catholic upbringing paid off, because he forgave himself this flaw, and commenced to enjoy what life was throwing in front of him. Life was good and must not be wasted.

The week passed. For Jack, it felt like a month. La vie est très, très intéressant et le monde est beau! Die Welt ist schön! No one wanted to buy the rights for their big seller, oddly, but he sold If I Touched You to seven European countries, and to Canada and Australia as well. The French buyer seemed to have triggered a landslide of popularity. In turn, he negotiated a deal with a Swedish publisher to buy and translate a literary thriller. A very good deal, if it sold at home all right. He did not phone home. He never did.

For Billie, the week had been strange because it felt both too slow and too fast. If asked, she might have said she enjoyed the break. But now she was pushing Ike off the sofa again. Damn hair everywhere. She squinted at the calendar, sucked in a horrified breath, then grabbed both morning papers to read the date. Within a minute, she rallied the children to the kitchen and commandeered her troops.

‘This is important. Listen. He’s home tonight. Elisabeth, you do the hall and bathroom, and vacuum the living room please. Donald, you help Elisabeth. Mop! Remember to mop the bathroom with disinfectant, especially around the toilet.

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