by Joss Cordero
“She says that about lots of people.”
“Maybe only those she’s killed. Think back. You’d know better than I do.”
“True, she never said it about you.”
“I was wise enough to placate her with pie.”
“I thought you brought her that pie because you liked her.”
“It was you I liked.”
“And I liked you. Why are we talking as if we no longer do?”
He let himself relax into a grin. “You think it’s cheap to come to Honolulu?”
She raised her hand and touched his face, so lightly he could hardly bear it. “Will you stay in touch with me?” she asked.
He nodded, opened the door, walked swiftly through the corridor out to the reception area, and pressed the button for his escape. In his rush to get away he thought, Maybe we should stay in touch. Maybe in e-mails I’ll be able to hear the old voice.
As the elevator sped to the ground floor, he was brought down to earth. You can’t regain what you’ve never had.
He put Hawaii behind him.
He went to the annual meeting of the Palm Beach Irregulars.
The evening’s highlight was a hot debate over the original location of 221B Baker Street.
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