Chapter 4
“ARE YOU GOING to sleep all day?” Sally said through the closed door.
“What time is it?”
“Six thirty.”
“Give me a minute or two and I’ll be out.”
I went into my bathroom, relieved myself, and splashed some cold water on my face. Back in my bedroom, I pulled on the same shorts, sans underwear, and shirt that I’d been wearing earlier. Then I went out into the living room.
“Well, sleepyhead,” she said. “Did you have a good day?”
“You could say that.”
“Are you hungry?”
“Not particularly. We had a huge, and somewhat late, lunch at The Homestead.”
“We?”
“Norm and I, and a couple of guys we met on the beach.”
“Ah, so. I thought you had that relaxed ‘I’ve just been laid’ look about you.”
“It was fun, I have to admit.”
“Tell ‘Mother’ all.”
I gave her a somewhat expurgated v
