She’d almost paid it up by the time the December statement had arrived. And then, knowing that the next check would be the last one, she’d neglect...d to mail in the payment until nearly the deadline. Caught in the Christmas mail rush, that payment hadn’t got there. She still owed $7.32 on the card as of the January statement.The money didn’t matter. Disobeying his orders mattered, mattered seriously. The first few days after the statement, she figured that it wouldn’t matter too much; she would. Hey man, Anne and I just got back from dinner. You okay? I mean really. Are you okay? Ray could hear Noels deep breaths. There were no words, only crying. Finally, Noel said, I miss her so damn much, Ray. What am I going to do without her? The words came out in gulps. I just dont think I can do this anymore. Fear raced through Rays mind. Look Noel, Anne and I were going to call you tomorrow. Do you think you could come here for a few weeks? Weve got the fold-out couch in the study and theres a. " I sighed. "But my questionis how?" Don't worry your pretty little head about that," he smiled and brushed afew stray hairs from my face. "Let me handle the details." I ah, I still don't know," I said. "It sounds lovely but how do we knowthat we can handle each other 7 days a week? It is a hell of a differencebetween playing dress up and house on the weekends and 24 hours a day, 7days a week." How about a trial run," he smiled. "Let's try it this summer with nocommitments. I will even pay your. By that time he felt that he knew Ruthie well enough to confide something cynical that he planned to do. The university had offered him several sessions of grief counseling. Mike was not grieving over Todd whatsoever, but he planned to take advantage of the offer to let the counselor know that during the spring semester he would not be "emotionally ready" to have another roommate. That was total bull, because Todd's death barely affected him but, as he put it, "that's not something the.
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