"How come you stayed?" She shrugged. "Well, you were like a scared little kid.
I was sure you wouldn't hurt me, but I thought you might hurt yourself. So I figured I'd hang around.
I felt so sorry. Anyway, I kept this handy, just in case..."
She pulled out a heavy book end she had wedged between the bed and the wall.
"I guess you didn't have to use it." She shook her head. "Boy, you must have liked peanuts when you were a kid."
She got out of bed and started to dress. I lay there for a while watching her.
She moved in front of me with no shyness or inhibition.
Her breasts were full as she had painted them in that self-portrait. I longed to reach out for her, but I knew it was futile.
In spite of the operation Charlie was still with me. And Charlie was afraid of losing his peanuts.
June 24 — Today I went on a strange kind of anti-intellectual binge.
If I had dared to, I would have gotten drunk, but after the experience with Fay, I knew it would be dangerous.
So, instead, I went to Times Square, from movie house to movie house, immersing myself in westerns and horror moviesthe way I used to.
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