"He left a message on my machine
"And how is he... "He left a message on my machine
"And how is he doing?"
WellThat was a long story, wasn't it? "He's
coping, doing the funeral parlor thing
"Go help him," Tom Riley said"That's your job
for the day
"Yes, indeed," Bozie added"You're grieving
yourself, EdgarYou don't need to be playing host
right now
"I called the airport," Pam said, as if I had
protested - which I hadn't"The Gulfstream's
standing byAnd the concierge is helping to make
the other travel arrangementsIn the meantime,
we've still got this morningThe question is,
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the boarding area at Dolphin Aviation, kissing my
friends and relatives goodbye, or shaking their
hands, or hugging them, or all threeMelinda, Ric,
and the Jamiesons were already gone
Kathi Green the Rehab Queen kissed me with her
usual ferocity"You take care of yourself,
Edgar," she said"I love your paintings, but I'm
much more proud of the way you're walkingYou've
made amazing progressI'd like
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front of my latest generation of crybabies
"You're tough, Kathi
"Not so tough," she said, wiping her eyes"Truth
is, I'm a freakin marshmallow
Then Kamen was towering over me"If you need help,
get in touch ASAPIt was like having God smile on you
"I don't think all's right with you yet, EdgarI
can only hope it will be rightNo one deserves
more to land with the shiny side up and the rubber
side downA one-armed hug, but he made up for
it
I walked out to the plane beside PamWe stood at
the foot of the boarding stairs while the
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got onShe was holding my hand in both of hers,
looking up at me
"I'm only going to kiss you on the cheek, Edgar
Illy's watching and I don't want her to get the
wrong idea
She did so, then said, "I'm worried about you
There's a white look around your eyes that I don't
like
"Elizabeth-"
She shook her head a tiny bit"It was there last
night, even before she came to the galleryEven
when you were at your happiestI
don't know how to describe it any better than that
I only saw it once before, back in 1992, when it
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The jet engines were whining and a hot breeze was
blowing her hair around her face, tumbling her
careful beauty-shop curls into something younger
and more natural"Can I ask you something,
Eddie?"
"Of course
"Could you paint anywhere? Or does it have to be
here?"
"Anywhere, I thinkBut it would be different
somewhere else
She was looking at me fixedly
"Just the same, a change might be goodYou need
to lose that white lookI'm not talking about
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