In Search of Satisfaction by J. California Cooper

Author:J. California Cooper
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780307778628
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 2010-12-28T23:00:00+00:00

yin saw the lawyer Syntoll on her way back to the rooming house. She told him she had taken care of her business and to prepare papers stipulating payment of the one hundred dollars and medical assistance to Mrs. Befoe. He blinked his eyes in surprise as she continued, “I will pick them up in about one hour.”

“Well, Miss Krupt, I can bring them to you.”

“I will be living at the Befoes and I can pick them up on my way back there.”

His lip dropped. Mouth open, Mr. Syntoll watched her walk away briskly. “Well! That is that!”

If Yin had stayed alone at the rooming house, he might have visited her in the hope that a relationship would create itself. But her being in the Befoe household stopped his plans cold. She would now be occupying a space that would be too large for him, and it quite put him off.

She told Mrs. Whitman she would be moving. Mrs. Whitman placed umbrage on her face until the Befoe name came through her consciousness. She had thought the lawyer Syntoll and Yin had made some headway toward a close relationship and that Yin was moving in with him. In her day, getting her husbands, Mrs. Whitman had done that several times. She was above that now, being too obviously old for it to work any longer. Now, her religion forbade anyone else to do it. The Befoe name stopped her thoughts. She immediately became obsequious.

Yin continued talking, “I do not wish to give up my room, though. I want to leave most of my things stored there.” She smiled and looked the woman in the eye. “I have inventory of everything I brought with me, so if anything is ever missing I will be able to let you know just what it is and we can retrieve them. I am sure your help is honest, I was rather thinking of other guests you may have. Now! That reduces the cost for meals and hot water. So I will pay you for the room only, by the week. Occasionally I may sleep here in my rooms.”

Yin packed a few things in a smaller bag and Tillis arranged to take her to the Befoes’ great house. As she rode in the wagon-carriage Yin prayed, “Please, God, let me work a miracle. Let my fingers remember.”

Satan smiled in amusement. “I will be there with some suggestions to make, little one.”

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