The Furnished Room by Laura Del-Rivo

Author:Laura Del-Rivo
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781907869686
Publisher: Five Leaves Publications
Published: 2012-08-31T16:00:00+00:00

He pulled her out of her chair to sit on his knee. Kissing her was an oblivion. It was any mouth, any arms.

After a while, she said: ‘Excuse me a minute...’

‘Where are you going?’

‘I won’t be a minute.’

He released her, and watched her leave the room.

Alone, he said to himself: ‘You’re a bit drunk, boy.’ He went over and threw himself on to the divan. The embroidery on the cushions made him laugh; he picked at the flower design. Lying and laughing and picking at the embroidery silk, he felt irresponsible.

He heard music outside and got up to look out of the window. The music came from the pub on the corner.

He could see a man in a raincoat and brown felt hat walking very straight along the centre of the pavement, as lonely men do. Farther up the street a youth came out of a house, wheeling a bicycle. Beckett said aloud in North Country: ‘Eee lad, it’s a right rum do all right.’

He heard Georgia’s footsteps returning, and lay down again on the divan.

When she came in, she said: ‘I see you’ve made yourself comfortable.’

‘Very comfortable. Come and join me.’

She had taken her nylons off, and he guessed that she had also removed her roll-on. When she snuggled against him, he noticed that she smelled of fresh soap.

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