Chapter 38

           Athenswasdustanddrought,ochreanddrab.Eventhepalmtreeslookedexhausted;allthehumanityinhumanbeingshadretreatedbehinddarkskinsandevendarkerglasses.Attwointheafternooncityandcitizensgaveup;thestreetswereempty,abandonedtoindolenceandheat.IlayslumpedbehindshuttersonabedinthePiraeushotel,anddozedfitfully.Thecitywasdoublytoomuchforme.AfterBourani,thedescentbackintotheage,themachinery,thestress,wascompletelydisorientating.Theafternoondraggedoutitslistlesshours.ThecloserIcametomeetingAlison,themoremuddle-motivedIgrew.IknewthatifIwasinAthensatall,itwasmainlyoutofspite.Sixdaysbeforeithadnotbeentoodifficulttothinkofherassomethingthatcouldbeusedifnothingbetterturnedup;buttwohoursbeforechangedmymeannessintoguilt.Inanycase,Inolongerwantedsexwithher.Itwasunthinkablenotbecauseofher,butbecauseofLily.IwantedneithertodeceiveAlisonnortogetinvolvedwithher;anditseemedtomethattherewasonlyonepretextthatwoulddowhatIrequired:makehersorryformeandmakeherkeepatarm’slength.AtfiveIgotup,hadashower,andcaughtataxiouttotheairport.Isatonabenchoppositethelongreceptioncounter,thenmovedaway;finding,tomyirritation,thatIwasincreasinglynervous.Severalotherairhostessespassedquicklyhard,trim,professionallypretty,mechanicallysexy;moreinlovewithlookingattractivethanbeingit.Sixcame,sixfifteen.Igoadedmyselftowalkuptothecounter.

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