Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - He held out the glass to me instead,
waiting...
He held out the glass to me instead,
waiting until I swallowed the last of my hors
d'oeuvre and took itThen he clinked his own
against it
"Congrats, boss - you rocked the houseA critic I can actually
understand I swallowed the champagne (a swallow
per flute is all there was) and turned to Juanita
"You look absolutely beautifulEdgar," she said, and glanced around
"These pictures are nice, but yours are much
better
Jack handed Juanita another shrimp"Will you
excuse us a couple of seconds?"
"Of course
Jack drew me to the side of a splashy Gerstein
sculptureKamen asked Wireman if they could
stay behind a little at the libe after the denim chanel bag joint
cleared out
"He did?" I felt a tickle of concern"Why?"
"Well, he spent most of the day getting down here,
and he said that him and airplane heads really
don't get along"He told Wireman
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he'd been sitting on something all day and sorta
wanted to climb down off it in peace
I burst out laughingYet I was also touchedIt
couldn't be easy for a man of Kamen's size to
travel on public transportand now that I
really considered the matter, I guessed it would
be impossible for him to sit down in one of those
paltry airplane bathrooms at allTo stand up and
take a leak? MaybeHe
simply wouldn't fit
"Anyway, Wireman thought Mr
Said you'd gucci uk understand
"I do," I said, and beckoned Juanita overShe
looked too lonely standing there by herself in
what was probably her best outfit while the
culture vultures ebbed and flowed around herI
gave her a hug and she smiled up at meAnd just
as I was finally persuading her to take one of the
glasses of champagne (my use of the word pequeno
for small made her giggle, so I assumed it wasn't
quite right), Wireman and Kamen - the latter still
holding the gift-box - came inKamen lit up at
the sight of me, and that did me more good than
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several rounds of applause, even with a standing O
thrown in
I took a champagne flute from a passing tray, cartier ballon bleu price cut
through the crowd, and handed it to himThen I
slipped my arm around as much of his bulk as I
could and gave him a hugHe hugged back hard
enough to make my still tender ribs squall
"Edgar, you look terrificGod is
good, my friend
"So are you," I said"How'd you happen to turn up
in Sarasota? Was it Wireman?" I turned to my
compadre of the striped umbrella"It was, wasn't
it? You called and asked Kamen if he'd be the
Mystery Guest at my lecture
Wireman shook his headI was in a
panic, muchacho, because I could see you were
freaking out about the gigShe said that after
your accident you listened to DrKamen when you
wouldn't listen to anyone louis vuitton bag sale elseI
never thought he'd come on such short notice,
but
"Not only am I here, I brought you a gift from
your daughters," he said, and handed me the box
"Although you'll have to make do with what I had
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in stock, because I didn't have time to shopI
fear you may be disappointed
I suddenly knew what the present was, and my mouth
went dryNevertheless I lodged the box under my
stump, pulled away the ribbon, and tore off the
paperI was barely aware of Juanita taking it
Inside was a narrow cardboard box that looked to
me like a child's coffinWhat else
would it look like? Stamped on the lid was MADE IN
THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
"Classy, Doc," Wireman chanel jewelry
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