Hope for the Future
This is post 3 of Section V. To begin at the beginning, go here. Section II begins here. Section III begins here. Section IV begins here, and Section V begins here.
Returning her attention to her parents (who were peering at her anxiously) was like waking from a nightmare. Suddenly she knew the color of her cheese without even reading the book. “Actually,” she said, “I’d like to go to law school,” and for the first time in her life she felt cool all on her own.
She left the next day to begin the divorce and collect her things. Bennett drove her to the airport and on the way ascertained that she had not taken any special notice of Jack’s brother at the wedding. After he came back he felt confused and retreated to his chair in the study, where he dozed off and dreamed that Chloe walked down an aisle in a satin dress with a briefcase and hit Jack’s brother over the head with it, but somehow in the dream it was all for the best. He woke feeling better and began to work on the introduction to his book, tentatively titled, “Swords and Ploughshares: Pastoralism and the Western Nation-State.”
Stephen came over that afternoon, and Bennett and Gwen retired to their respective offices, leaving their doors ajar, however, to hear how he did.
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Returning her attention to her parents (who were peering at her anxiously) was like waking from a nightmare. Suddenly she knew the color of her cheese without even reading the book. “Actually,” she said, “I’d like to go to law school,” and for the first time in her life she felt cool all on her own.
She left the next day to begin the divorce and collect her things. Bennett drove her to the airport and on the way ascertained that she had not taken any special notice of Jack’s brother at the wedding. After he came back he felt confused and retreated to his chair in the study, where he dozed off and dreamed that Chloe walked down an aisle in a satin dress with a briefcase and hit Jack’s brother over the head with it, but somehow in the dream it was all for the best. He woke feeling better and began to work on the introduction to his book, tentatively titled, “Swords and Ploughshares: Pastoralism and the Western Nation-State.”
Stephen came over that afternoon, and Bennett and Gwen retired to their respective offices, leaving their doors ajar, however, to hear how he did.
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posted by Hobbes at 4:14 PM
4 Comments:
Law school is great, but expensive and she will have to support herself some while she studies. I agree with Doug that these do seem like real people.
T&I: Thanks. The way I envision it, she would live with her parents, or at least they would help take care of the kid a lot. She doesn't mind working hard, and if Bennett is like my dad, he has a retirement income that is way more than he made when working (it's a TIAA-CREF thing), his house is paid off, and he's very generous since money means nothing to him. Gwen would see it as a mission to help Chloe back on her feet after her oppression at the hands of the patriarchy, and might also be a valuable source of contacts for paralegal work (which pays pretty well, I understand).
I think she should go into social services and be an administrator. That way she can start a blog.
I think she's allergic to administration.
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