Our Souls at Night Page #3
Why not?
Well, because of me.
And a little bit her, too.
You know, Holly was little,
and neither one of us really, really knew
what we were doing,
and we would have these arguments
that would turn into fights, and then...
and then she'd start crying
and leave the room
before we could finish
what we were fighting about.
And so, at school, one of you made
some move, some gesture or...
Yeah, one day I was in the lounge,
and she walked in, and...
she walked up to me
and just put her hand on my arm,
just the tiniest, tiniest gesture.
And I remember it was tax time.
It was the middle of April.
And I was doing our taxes,
and I went to mail them that night,
and as I went by her house,
for no good reason,
she looked up and saw me
through the window.
And that's how it started?
On Tax Day. Strange, isn't it?
in all kinds of ways.
And then, I left Diane and Holly
and I moved in
with Tamara and her daughter,
And then?
Well, we got along for a couple of weeks.
I mean...
And...
God, she was beautiful.
And she had... the most beautiful
brown eyes and skin like satin.
- And she was...
- How did it end?
- Huh?
- How did it end?
I was having supper,
me, Tamara and her daughter,
and I suddenly got sick of myself.
I thought, "What am I doing?
I'm trying to play a father
to Tamara's daughter,
and my daughter is growing up without me."
So...
How'd she take it?
She cried.
And...
she said, "Is this our last night?"
I remember that night, how... how it was.
You never talked to her again?
No.
I think you're still in love with her.
- No, I'm not.
- Yeah, well, it sounds like it.
Maybe a little bit with the memory of her,
but that's... that's different.
Come on, get in bed.
Yeah.
You know, I think I regret hurting Tamara
more than I regret hurting my own wife.
It's like I failed my spirit or something.
Or I missed a special kind of call
to be something more.
Oh, don't be so hard on yourself, Louis.
You did the right thing.
You're a good man.
I... I don't know about that.
You were a good teacher to Gene.
I remember.
A good one, maybe, but not a great one.
I know that.
Like he's your buddy, and he knows
you know something he don't know.
you know, trust me, bud, we all do.
Good morning, boys.
- How you doing, Louis?
- Oh, good enough.
- All right.
- Good morning, sir.
- You look great, Louis.
- Oh, thanks.
- You get a good night's sleep?
- Yeah, how about you?
- Ah, tossing and turning, you know.
- Oh, sorry to hear that.
Yeah, we've heard
you've been pretty busy, for sure.
- Oh, yeah?
- Yeah. Well, that's the word anyway.
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