They decided on Saturday.
Not as a plan exactly. More as something that happened when Daniel called Friday evening and Nora grabbed the phone before Julia could answer it and told him they were going to the park tomorrow and he should come and that was that.
Julia took the phone back.
"You don't have to," she said.
"I want to," he said.
She could hear in his voice that he meant it not the managed version of meaning it, the actual version. The one that didn't need anything from her in return.
"Ten o'clock," she said.
"I'll be there."
He was there at nine fifty.
Nora opened the door before Julia reached it a habit they were still negotiating — and greeted him with the information that Gerald the fox was coming to the park and she needed someone to carry him because her bag was alr
