Between the Acts

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Russell Barker stood waiting in the crowded lobby of the theater. Half-past eight sharp Stella promised to be there, but she was almost always late. He’d been going out with her for nearly a year now, and she had never yet been on time for an appointment with him. Even though she knew darned well how little he could afford the price of theater tickets these days. Twenty to nine. He put his watch away and started to walk back and forth, looking at the framed photographs of well-known players that decorated the walls.

Stella was a puzzle to him. Did she really care for him or didn’t she? Sometimes he wondered if she wasn’t just using him as a space-filler until someone more worth while — financially, of course—came along. And for that matter did he really care about her either? He couldn’t tell. He wasn’t as sure as he had once been about— Oh, well, why bring that up now? It was over and done with long ago.

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