From You to Another
He, who was reading in the study, looked up, startled when he saw me.
I had said, “Felix, can you do me a favor?”
Without hesitation, he said, “Of course.”
I asked, “Don’t you want to know what favor it is?”
He smiled. “It is my honor to be able to help you with this act.”
With the rain still falling, I took a step closer to him.
“Okay,” I agreed.
He froze, as if he couldn’t believe his ears.
“I don’t need a day or a month to think it through. I’ll answer you right now.”
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