............ from the notebook ............

"Do you have any money?" he asked.

"Only about $5.00 ," I said.

He reached in his back pocket,
pulled out his wallet, and handed it to me.
"See if I've got any," he said.

David had over $50.00 in his wallet.
In a side pocket was a picture of Linda.
I took it out and looked at it. She was
wearing a white sun dress, and her long red hair was blowing around her face.
David was looking at the road.
I tore the picture into little pieces and
put it back in the pocket of his wallet.
"You have about $50.00," I said.

       
       
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valley................................................... a glass of wine


Uncle Roger File 2: The Blue Notebook by Judy Malloy
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