I WENT TO THE SUNDAY and Wednesday swing dance classes whenever I finished work in time. Over the next few weeks, I finally got the hang of a rock step and could muddle my way through a whole song without feeling too self-conscious if the music wasn’t too fast.
Sometimes I drove to Matt’s house and went with him, but only if I didn’t have to work early the next morning. It took longer to say goodbye from the privacy of Matt’s flat compared to the public car park of the Railway Club.
I began looking forward to the dancing almost as much as seeing Matt. I picked up a couple more dresses from the op shop as well as some freshwater pearl earrings. I gazed adoringly at the local South Sea Pearls in the jeweller’s window, but they were way out of my budget.
I checked my teeth for lipstick in
