The Weight of Gold
His eyes, when he looked up, were the specific gray of the river on an overcast day.
“Help you?” he said.
“I need gas,” Eleanor said. “And possibly your least condescending pump attendant.”
He blinked. Then, slowly, he smiled. It was not the practiced smile of the men she knew — the smile calibrated for networking events and charity galas. It was the smile of someone who had been caught off guard by something genuinely funny.
“That would be me,” he said. “And I’ll try to contain my judgment.”
His name was Daniel Marsh. She learned this from the name stitched on his shirt, and later confirmed it when she handed him her credit card and he handed it back and said, “It went through. I’m Daniel,