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@@@@@"Can I take a look?" "Actually, I'd rather you didn't I thought he might protest, but he just nodded and went back downstairs, almost trottingThere was a new spring in his step - that was surely not my imaginationAt the door he said, "Call Nannuzzi in the morningDon't let the grass grow under your heelsAnd you call me if anything changes with your I gestured at his face with my paint-stippled hand"You'll be the first to knowFor the time being, I can settle for being headache-free"Are you sure it won't come back?" "I'm sure of nothingYeah, that's the human condition, ain't it? But I thank you for trying And before I knew he was going to do it, he had taken my hand and kissed the back of itA gentle kiss in spite of the bristles on his upper lipThen he told me adi?s and was gone into the dark and the only sound was the sigh of the Gulf and the whispering conversation of the shells under the houseThen there was another soundThe phone was ringing x It was Ilse, calling to chatYes, her classes were going fine, yes, she felt well - great, in fact - yes, she was calling her mother once a week and staying in touch with Lin by e-mailIn Ilse's opinion, Lin's strep was probably so much selfdiagnosed bullcrapI told her I was stunned by her generosity of feeling and she laughed 483 I told her there was a possibility that I might be showing my work at a gallery in Sarasota, and she shrieked so loudly I had to hold the phone away from my ear "Daddy, that's wonderful! When? Can I come?" "Sure, if you want to," I said"I'm going to invite everybody This was a decision I hadn't entirely made until I heard myself telling her "We're thinking mid-April