Chapter 22Angela
Final exam week. The most important week of my life after years of study. If I knew one thing about me that was still true, I would be able to park all the nonsense in my head and do my job. I would focus.
I did. Mostly. She was never that far from my thoughts. All our moments together bounced around my head and I knew I had things that I just had to resolve.
Even in the heat of my final microelectronics examination my mind drifted to the shape of Sally’s body as she bent over to take off her jeans, or her shape as she crawled up the bed to me. I heard her voice. I could feel her touch. I imagined her kiss.
“Damn it!” I said, much more out loud than I intended.
“Silence!” replied the exam invigilator in a voice that combined authority and boredom in equal measure. I h
