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Episode 87: Look Away"This is a really nice place Lila, I mean that," Bowie said standing awkwardly beside her desk. He had no idea where to put his hands and he wished he’d worn the black dress pants from his high school graduation instead of the faded jeans that were fraying at the hem."I know, don’t you just love it!" She responded enthusiastically crinkling up her nose. "Listen, um, I’m sorry about the stuff I said to you before the holidays, I just didn’t mean it the way you think- ah, anyway I’ve been a jerk, the only time I see Jesse is when my mom’s babysitting- this just hasn’t been the time of my life lately." His grin was lopsided as he gazed at her cheeks flushed from the heat wafting throughout the elaborate building. She was as beautiful in that moment as she had been the afternoon she’d turned twelve and he sat next to her on the soccer field offering her one of his cigarettes. She was beautiful when she was warm. An office door opened to reveal Curran and Michael kissing goodbye, Bowie turned back to Lila. "My parents are selling the store; they don’t have a buyer yet, but..." "I always figured Jesse would get his first job there you know, like it would be there forever," Lila was the only one whose first thought on the subject was exactly the same as his own, he was so glad he’d come to apologize. "Maybe you could get a loan and buy it yourself," "Yeah, well, unless CD players pass for collateral these days, I’m out of luck, if I ever had any to begin with," he shrugged his shoulders, feeling defeated once again. "Pardon me, but I couldn’t help overhearing, perhaps I could help, how much is it that you need?" Curran asked, holding a shiny black leather attache case. |
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