I hung up and stared at the phone. Why was it so important for me to know what she thought, how she felt?
For more than a year at the Adult Center the only thing that mattered was pleasing her.
Was that why I had agreed to the operation in the first place?
I paced up and back in front of the cafeteria until the policeman began to eye me suspiciously.
Then I went in and bought coffee. Fortunately, the table we had used last time was empty.
She would think of looking for me back there. She saw me and waved to me, but stopped at the counter for coffee before she came over to the table.
She smiled and I knew it was because I had chosen the same table.
A foolish, romantic gesture. "I know it's late," I apologized, "but I swear I was going out of my mind.
I had to talk to you." She sipped her coffee and listened quietly as I explained how I had found out about Gimpy's cheating,
my own reaction, and the conflicting advice I'd gotten at the lab.
When I finished, she sat back and shook her head. "Charlie, you amaze me.
In some ways you're so advanced, and yet when it comes to making a decision, you're still a child.
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