Cruel Love Back in His Hands
"I should have had it months ago. I didn't. I'm having it now."
George stood at his window.
He thought about Kristine in Austin, not answering his calls, staring at a ceiling.
He thought about Richard on the other end of this line, moving quietly in the background, paying debts he felt he owed.
"She doesn't know you're doing this," George said.
"No," Richard said. "She will. When she's ready to come back." A pause. "How are you?"
George looked at the empty apartment.
"Working," he said.
"Good," Richard said. "Keep working. Don't leave Seattle."
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