"Cecilia?"
"Simon!" Cecilia turned in surprise.
"What are you doing here?" Simon asked.
Cecilia held up the
books she was carrying. "Lucy was lending them to me," she
explained.
"Ahh," Simon nodded.
The two stood in
silence for a while until Cecilia couldn't stand it anymore.
"Almost done packing?" she asked.
Simon nodded casually.
"Yeah, yeah almost," a piece of dirty blond hair fell into his
eye. "Will you be coming down to say good-bye?"
Cecilia shook her head, the moonlight reflecting off her sun-bleached blond hair. "I have plans. Sorry Simon."
"Oh," Simon said, trying to hide his disappointment.
"I can't cancel them, Simon. I'm not going to come say good-bye."
"Yeah, yeah that's-that's fine," Simon reassured her.
Cecilia smiled, her blue eyes lighting up. "Great! Well then I'm gonna go. I'll see you when you get back though? I mean, this isn't good-bye. We'll see each other during holidays, right?"
"Yeah, right," Simon agreed.
"Okay. Well, then I'm off," Cecilia said, and with a smile, bounced out of the Camden's backyard.
"Good-bye Cecilia," Simon whispered, knowing in his heart that it was over.
"Richard?"
"Rosina!" Rabbi Glass jumped to his feet. "What are you
doing here?"
"I could ask you the same question! I've been worried sick about you!" the Rabbi's wife said, pushing a strand of hair off her neck.
"You? Worried about me? Why?"
"Why wouldn't I be? You didn't come to bed last night, Richard. What happened?"
"I saw you kissing our cantor, that's what happened!" Rabbi Glass burst out.
Rosina stared at her husband for a moment and then broke out laughing. "Oh! Oh Richard! You saw that?"
"I don't see what's so funny, Rosina," Richard said, disgruntled.
Rosina stopped laughing and wiped her eyes. "I know, I know Richard," she said, laying a hand on his arm. "But it's all right. It was nothing! The cantor, he was just going through a bad divorce is all. He was upset. You understand, don't you?"
Rabbi Glass closed his eyes for a moment, absorbing the information. "Of course I understand!" he said, opening his eyes again, a large smile on his face. "I understand!! Oh Rosina, I was so upset!"
Rosina nodded and then kissed her husband's cheek. "I was too my darling. When you didn't come to bed last night, I was worried. But now everything's right, in the eyes of the Lord and man. So nu, let's go home."
Rabbi Glass smiled and
then nodded. "Good-bye Eric!" he called over his shoulder.
"Thank you!"
"You're welcome!" Eric waved back.
"Things all good now?" Chandler asked, pushing his heavy brown hair off his sweaty forehead.
Eric turned back to the table and nodded. "I hope so. I spent all afternoon with the rabbi talking to him. I'm just glad that it paid off."
"Me too, Dad," Kevin agreed. "So listen, I have a problem," he said suddenly, taking a large sip of beer.
"What is it?" Eric asked, all ears at another problem.
"Lucy and I haven't had sex since I got attacked by that woman!" Kevin burst out, more to Chandler than his father-in-law.
Eric choked slightly on his beer and looked at Kevin through pained eyes. "You know what? I'm going to go home and leave you boys to your talk. Good-night."
As he walked away, Chandler turned back to Kevin, grinning. "I don't think there will ever be a time when you can talk to him about having sex with his daughter Kev. Ever!"
