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Show Woodworth/25^ no stains, no pets. No plants, no summer vacations, no Jake. The sunlight is still jumbled from their rough-housing, the room replete with their laughing, their panting, their exhaustion. "Hospital time?" Rachael says after a while. "Let's do it." Megan pulls herself to her feet and helps the others up. '"Much as I enjoy hospital visits, I'm going to go home to bed," Rachael says. "Call me later and tell me what's going on with your mother." "Ok," they both say. "Maybe we can go out to dinner, or for a drink or something later. I promise to protect you from cruising males, whether familiar or unfamiliar," Rachael says to Marty. "He's out of town," Marty responds. She hadn't thought $.c\c&, tei -\odtte>- coiled" . of him JMM^tftofc That seemed strange. But there was something intimate, married,about saying he was away. * Megan and tarty gather what they need, find the keys, even return the dirty mugs to the kitchen, working smoothly, like two parts of the same machine. They stop at the front door, looking around. Is there something forgotten? Some reason to not go yet, an excuse to stay? Leaving has a tang of homesickness to it. Not since the decorator had sterilized the interior of the house had it seemed so much like home. "Let's go," Megan says. "See you later, house," Marty says as they close the door. ^tfnan they get to th^ hospital parking lot, f^egan leans her |
