By Christopher Dehon
He sat down at my table.
“It’s been forever.”
“I think you’ve…”
“Remember David’s apartment. The lady upstairs with the cats.”
“I’m waiting for my wife.”
“The night Lisa told us about her abortion.”
“She should be…”
“We lost touch after Ellie.”
“Good seeing you …”
“Ellie. Everyone wanted a piece of that. We could hear you.”
“You must be thinking…”
“She ran out crying. I’d never seen her leave with coke on the table. It’s water under the bridge…wait, that was a bad joke.”
“It’s probably best…”
“I could stay. Buy you both a drink. Maybe another time.”
“Sure.”
“Enjoy.”
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