“I’m happy,” she told him. “I tend to be a happy person, and I learned
how to be happy on my own. It was good for me, to have that time,
to find out a little bit more about myself. What I could do,
what I could do without.”
how to be happy on my own. It was good for me, to have that time,
to find out a little bit more about myself. What I could do,
what I could do without.”
Chasing Fire
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By Alexandre Godreau alexandre_godreau -
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Figuring how to make it work
There are challenges — and rewards — to going solo.
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She waited until she thought that Lulu had had time enough to get home from the bookstore but not enough to settle in too comfortably.
After she’d waded through the lawn art, adjusted her eyes to the
virulent colors that Lulu habitually selected to paint her house,
and knocked on the back door, Ripley was pleased to see her timing was good.
Lulu had changed out of her work clothes into a sweatshirt that read,
“Coffee, Chocolate, Men . . . Some things are just better rich.”
She had an unopened bottle of wine in her hand and was wearing ratty red slippers
and the faintly irritated look of a woman who’d been interrupted.
After she’d waded through the lawn art, adjusted her eyes to the
virulent colors that Lulu habitually selected to paint her house,
and knocked on the back door, Ripley was pleased to see her timing was good.
Lulu had changed out of her work clothes into a sweatshirt that read,
“Coffee, Chocolate, Men . . . Some things are just better rich.”
She had an unopened bottle of wine in her hand and was wearing ratty red slippers
and the faintly irritated look of a woman who’d been interrupted.
Heaven and Earth