A question.
As he’s washing my hair I say -
What would you do if I took a lover?
I like the sound of the words in my mouth, decadent and faintly ridiculous. Took a lover. Nobody speaks like that anymore. He splashes a pint glass of warm soapy water over my head. I think I mustn’t have heard his reply because my ears are full of bubbles. I open my eyes and blink up at him wetly.
Well? I say.
Sssshhhh… he says and scoops up another glassful.
It wasn’t that he hadn’t heard me. It was that the idea was ridiculous. Why would I take a lover? I didn’t need to. And how would I trap one? I was too old for silly games like that. My hair was the wrong colour. The idea I could do it again was laughable.
Afterwards in the living room with my hair snug up in a turban he says -
You want a more romantic life.
I laugh and say I have a romantic life. There are notes on the fridge and kisses in the evening.
No, he says, a more Romantic life. Capital R.
I frown as though I don’t know what he means. He says -
You want a life more like…
Your name hangs in the air between us. Both of us look away.
I frown as though I don’t know who he means.
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