Chapter 4Brent
The week before Christmas was hectic, involving the reading of term papers plus making up, administering, and reading final exams. I didn’t see much of either Rae or Gabe, though I talked with both briefly.
They were going to their respective families for Christmas. Rae, who was taking her cello with her, planned to stay until after New Year’s. Gabe told me he’d be back before New Year’s Eve, and we agreed to do something together, though we’d left the details unspecified. I decided to give the matter some thought while he was away, thinking perhaps I could come up with something nice just for the two of us.
I opted not to fly to Seattle to be with Mom and Spence. I’d been out there the previous summer, for one thing, and I wanted to spend some time practicing my horn, br
