“We’ll never know, will we?”
“No.” She crushed out her cigarette. She said, “Well, where do I go from here? I was beginning to get used to a life of leisure, Matt. I thought I carried it off with a certain flair.”
“That you did.”
“Now all of a sudden I’ve got to find a way to make a living.”
“You’ll think of something, Beverly.”
Her eyes focused on mine. She said, “That’s the first time you used my name, do you know that?”
“I know.”
We sat there for a while looking at each other. She reached for a cigarette, changed her mind, and pushed it back in the pack. “Well, what do you know,” she said.
I didn’t say anything.
“I thought I didn’t do a thing for you. I was beginning to worry that I was losing my touch. Is there some place we can go? I’m afraid my place isn’t my place any more.”
“There’s my hotel.”
“You take me to all the class joints,” she said. She got to her feet and picked up her bag. “Let’s go. Right now, huh?”