When Dana
knocked on the door, Joyce let her in. Unlike her mother, the young woman’s
hair hung straight. She looked stressed. “Problems?” I asked.
“Bad day.”
“What
happened?” Joyce asked.
“One of my
students ended in the emergency room. Spaced out on uppers.”
“Will she
recover?” I knew the toll amphetamines took on the body.
“I think so.
Zach asked me questions about her and wanted me to talk to her."
“What did he
want to know?” Joyce asked.
“About drugs
on campus. I didn’t think they were prevalent. He said the student refused to
say where she got them. As if she’d tell me. All I know is she decided to pull
an all-nighter to finish a paper due tomorrow.”
For a short
time we let her talk. Dana was only a few years older than her students, but
being a teacher kept her out of their loop.
When she
wound down we went to the kitchen and ate pie.
“Thanks for
bringing me a piece.”
“Wouldn’t
have been fair if we hadn’t.” Joyce turned to me. “Where are you and Lars going
to live?”
“We bought a house
on the river.”
“You’re
giving up that magnificent Victorian?”
“My apartment
was too small and his house too large.”
She grinned.
“You’ll love the river view.”
“Definitely.
The house is on the left side of my favorite viewing place. It’s across the road
from the doctor’s huge house.”
Dana leaned
forward. “Where are you honeymooning?”
“That’s under
consideration and one of the reasons I bolted. We’ll eventually reach a
compromise.
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