Between the Lines by Bobbi Marolt

Author:Bobbi Marolt [Marolt, Bobbi]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: Mystery & Detective, Fiction, Lesbian, Contemporary, Romance, General
ISBN: 9781602820784
Google: P6fZOQAACAAJ
Amazon: 1602820783
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2009-05-12T00:00:00+00:00

Back at Tannen's apartment, Gail found an album of photos. Most pictures were of Tannen and David together. They were handsome as a couple. David was blond and blue-eyed, a bit unshaven, and that seemed to go with his longhaired, theatrical look. Tannen wore long hair in some pictures, very short cuts in others. She wondered how Tannen looked in the mornings when she first raised her head from her pillow. Tannen always appeared "presentable" at Gail's house, never bed head. Gail wanted to see bed head.

"Who am I kidding? I want to be the cause of it." She closed the book and placed it on an end table.

On Tannen's wall was a framed photograph of David and a handwritten poem. She read it aloud:

Could I but give you comfort in my death,

How might I tell you what you meant to me?

All I did, both night and day, was love you,

Ruler of my kingdom and my heart.

Like God, at last you claimed my painful breath,

Opening the door to mystery,

The final gift of all the gifts you gave me,

Taking what I could no longer give you

Even if I tried with all my art.

Gail touched the photo of David.

"The poem is beautiful. It's soothing. She loved you very much." Gail removed the photograph and sat on a leather chair. She held the tribute on her lap. Quietly, she repeated the lines: "The final gift of all the gifts you gave me, Taking what I could no longer give you." She pondered the statement. "Does it mean she's living for both of you? There's a lot of sadness in her eyes, and voice, when she talks about you. Tannen made me cry a few times and, looking at your picture now, I almost feel I know you."

Gail looked around at the many film awards.

"I want you to know Tannen is very famous, and well respected. She said she owes it all to you. She also said your shoes are very hard to fill." She paused. "But you already know these things, don't you, David?"

Why am I talking to a photograph? Is it to feel closer to Tannen? I'm thrown wholly into Tannen's belongings. She trusts me with everything.

She was free to browse, and free to talk to David's likeness, if she chose. Gail supposed that it simply made her ridiculous. Gail also felt relief with their distance. She wasn't questioned, nor was she under pressure. There was time to think, or not to think.

The apartment phone rang. Gail waited for the machine to answer.

"Are you there, darling?"

Gail felt the twinge in her stomach. She grabbed the phone, fumbled, and recovered it. "I'm here, Tannen."

"Hello, writer lady," Tannen said softly. "It's comforting to hear your voice."

"Hello, actor lady. How's Mum?" She sat on the piano bench and placed the photograph on the top.

"The doctors performed an emergency bypass to her heart. She came through well and is resting."

"That's good to hear."

"I'll stay on for a few days. I'm sorry, darling, but I'll miss your birthday.

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