[His lips purse because he wants to kiss him. The impulse is real and alive like the two of them. And the memory of a million others is hot in his mind but not so hot or urgent as their safety.]
I will.
[Carefully he pulls away and before he stalls more shuts the door and goes to the back porch to look into the kitchen. His lips move in a thank's a million and sorry for any to trouble you most importantly goodbye, sweetheart. Bonnie's a grown to be a great woman. Take no shit like her mother. Unlike her mother she's had no taste for illegal substances or unreliable rambling men.
That's it then. The old man goes back to the car, rounding to the driver's seat.]
Okay.
[Silence is buzzing in his ears. The low radio feels like it's too loud. It's only just after sunset but it feels late, so very, very late. They've got many miles to cover.]
no subject
I will.
[Carefully he pulls away and before he stalls more shuts the door and goes to the back porch to look into the kitchen. His lips move in a thank's a million and sorry for any to trouble you most importantly goodbye, sweetheart. Bonnie's a grown to be a great woman. Take no shit like her mother. Unlike her mother she's had no taste for illegal substances or unreliable rambling men.
That's it then. The old man goes back to the car, rounding to the driver's seat.]
Okay.
[Silence is buzzing in his ears. The low radio feels like it's too loud. It's only just after sunset but it feels late, so very, very late. They've got many miles to cover.]
We're outta here.