Chapter Twenty-Six
Three weeks had passed since Jessica’s last phone call, and Larry’s life had returned to something much like it had been before her re-entry. He worked, he went out with his crew after work, he bowled with a team his company sponsored on Tuesday nights, and he lived single. No one to answer to, no need to call home if he was going to stay out late, no cosmetics on the bathroom counter—it had taken no time at all to get used to living as he had always lived. If he tried just a little bit harder, seemed to be working at having a good time, none of his friends commented. They weren’t surprised, though, when Larry offered to buy a round for the whole bowling team and their opponents on Tuesday evening. The other team was just arriving, but everyone was willing to take a bee
