They Thought I Failed—Until I Turned Down Harvard novel · Chapter 19 of 24
Chapter 19: Right Side Up
He was waiting at the gate at South Station with a cardboard sign.
It said DELANEY H.
It was right side up.
"I practiced," Flynn said.
"I can see that."
"The first draft was wrong again. I went through three pieces of cardboard."
He wore a white shirt with the sleeves rolled and had finally gotten a haircut.
It had gone the wrong way, and I liked it more than I should have.
We stood there looking at each other in the crowd, and neither of us knew where to put our hands.
He took my bag.
"Red Line," he said. "Twelve minutes. Are we doing the Yard?"
"Do you want to do the Yard?"
"I want you to do whatever you want. I'm a very flexible guy about gates."
"Flynn."
"Yes."
"I want to do the Yard."
The Yard in July was full of tourists in tour group lanyards, and there was a crimson flag on every lamppost.
I stopped just inside the old iron gate.
Flynn stopped half a step behind me, and did not say anything.
There was a statue of a seated man with a shiny left shoe, because everyone rubs it, and a line of strangers waiting to take pictures.
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