That's how I know I wanted to meet you even before I saw you. I haven't played in such a goddamned long time."
She was picking away at the piano as I went into the kitchen to make coffee.
"You're welcome to practice on it any time," I said.
I don't know why I suddenly became so free with my place, but there was something about her that demanded complete unselfishness.
"I don't leave the front door open yet, but the window isn't locked,
and if I'm not here all you've got to do is climb in through the fire escape. Cream and sugar in your coffee?"
When she didn't answer, I looked back into the living room.
She wasn't there, and as I started towards the window, I heard her voice from Algernon's room.
"Hey, what's this?" She was examining the three dimensional plastic maze I had built.
She studied it and then let out another squeal. "Modern sculpture! All boxes and straight lines!"
"It's a special maze," I explained. "A complex learning device for Algernon."
But she was circling around it, excited. "They'll go mad for it at the Museum of Modern Art."
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