He Took Me to Catch the Rat, But the Rat Was Him novel · Chapter 12 of 24
Chapter 12: The Diner
The diner on Aramingo Avenue had a long counter, a pie case and six red booths along the front window.
I stood inside the door in my mother's green coat, with my nightgown showing under the hem and snow melting in my boots.
Cathal sat in the last booth with his back to me.
Across from him sat a young woman in green hospital scrubs, with an auburn ponytail and a Temple University lanyard around her neck.
She was talking with her hands.
He was laughing, quietly, with his whole face, and I had seen that only twice.
I had followed a man across the city because I thought I would find a woman, and I had.
I felt sick.
I walked down the aisle between the booths in my wet boots.
The young woman saw me first.
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