You’ll Wait Forever

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His wife was supposed to meet him at their regular restaurant at six o’clock but she was late. He didn’t mind. He was in love with her and he enjoyed sipping his drink and thinking of how she’d look when she hurried through the door, smiling and looking about for him, a little flustered and excited. When her eyes found him she’d smile with relief and come toward him with her quick graceful walk. She was a bright shining girl with hair the color of a new penny and eyes that seemed full of tiny dancing lights; and when she’d pulled off her gloves she’d smile into his eyes and tell him a funny, exciting story of why she was late.

So he didn’t mind waiting a while for her; she was worth waiting for, forever — for always and all time.

Their regular waiter, a stocky genial Austrian named Herman, smiled at him and picked up the empty Martini glass.

“Another, Mr. Halliday?”

“No, I’ll wait and have one with my wife,” he said.

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