7
Moira sat with Kathy at the bar for their usual girls’ night out to catch up and gossip. Kathy sipped on a cosmopolitan and Moira had a beer.
Their drinks alone spoke volumes.
“Sorry I missed the block party. Was it fun?”
She considered the question. “Interesting would be a better word. We had the usual football game, barbecue, and water balloon toss.”
“And the interesting?”
“Jimmy was there.”
Kathy set her drink on the bar. “Jeez, girl, not him again.”
“He lives across the street from my mom.” Moira left out how much she’d hoped he’d be there this year. “But that was the interesting. We shared some intense moments.”
“Intense, how?”
“I spend my day with words, so I should be able to explain it to you, but I can’t. There were these fleeting moments, where it was more than Jimmy
