Heart of the City by Ariel Sabar

Author:Ariel Sabar
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 2010-12-03T05:00:00+00:00

HIS PARENTS had been skeptical before meeting Chesa. But when they saw how happy their son looked as he tore open gifts with her under the Christmas tree, they could no longer find good reasons to object. Now, though, when he told his parents about their plans, his mother said, “That’s wonderful, Milton, but are you two really ready?”

“Of course, Mom,” he said, with some pique. “Why wouldn’t we be?”

The night he gave her the ring, he couldn’t sleep. He loved Chesa. But he had always been deliberate before making big decisions. By any reasonable standard, what he was doing was rash. How well did he know Chesa? Was he doing it for the right reasons? Should a lifelong commitment to another person really be made under deadline pressure?

Two days before their wedding, at the kitchen table, Milton told Chesa he couldn’t go through with it.

“You are cold, Milton,” she said, weeping.

“I’m sorry, Chesa.” He covered his eyelids with his fingertips and shook his head. “We probably should never have discussed it.”

On an overcast day in February 2002, Milton and Chesa again rode the A train, but this time in the reverse direction. The terminal at JFK was thronged with travelers, many waiting in a long outdoor security line. It was five months after the September 11 attacks, and the airport was on high alert. Milton walked her to the back of the line. Saying he’d be late for work if he waited much longer, he waved goodbye. “I’ll come visit this summer, okay?” he said.

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