CHAPTER 62
“What do you mean, Roger’s not back?” Lary stares at the strangely familiar curtains in the kitchen of Pumpkin’s new apartment. Stan is right. She has sewn the same ones she had made for Lary’s office throughout their entire third-floor walk-up.
“When he phoned last night, he said he was having such a great time he was going to stay on an extra couple of weeks. The students are writing exams at the university, anyway.”
Lary sips her white wine out of a jam jar. “Well, it’s good to hear he’s having fun. He deserves it after all the Brit Nitwit has put him through. Cheers.”
“Cheers. So, what d’ya think? Of the apartment, I mean?”
“It’s very … homey.” Lary glances around the tiny kitchen. Yellow wallpaper with baskets of lily-of-the-valley covers the walls. The longer she star
