CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
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AFTER GIVING THEIR order, they sat down at a table and expected someone to serve them. For a few moments, they kept silent.
They didn’t know what to say to each other. Michael was looking at her with sad eyes. He didn’t understand why they were treating each other the way they were.
Mary was looking out the window, although she didn’t have anything to see. The pub was exactly on the corner. Beyond the corner, there was a square and after that, the madness started.
People wouldn’t pass by there often, only the ones living on the street. But there were trees in front of the pub and across the street, on one side of the grocer’s. The autumn colours were blooming, livelier after the previous night’s rain.
She turned and looked at Michael. She noticed the inten
