What Was Mine: & Other Stories (28 page)

Sitting in the newly upholstered chair, enjoying the colors of the flowers in the fading light, she let her eyes sweep slowly across the floor. After Royce’s death, it had taken three men only one afternoon to make it perfectly level. The high polyurethane gloss made the floorboards glisten like water. It looked like a large, calm lake that she could imagine gliding swiftly over. Just looking at it, she could feel the buoyance of her heart.

Table of Contents

About the Author

Other Books by This Author

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Acknowledgement

Contents

Imagine a Day at the End of Your Life

In Amalfi

Honey

The Longest Day of the Year

The Working Girl

Home to Marie

Installation #6

Television

Horatio’s Trick

You Know What

What Was Mine

Windy Day at the Reservoir

Table of Contents

About the Author

Other Books by This Author

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Acknowledgement

Contents

Imagine a Day at the End of Your Life

In Amalfi

Honey

The Longest Day of the Year

The Working Girl

Home to Marie

Installation #6

Television

Horatio’s Trick

You Know What

What Was Mine

Windy Day at the Reservoir