Hahaha
Ophelia
I meant I’m at a bar
Ophelia
With Colette
Ophelia
And Eike
No, no, no.
Alex
Call me, sweetheart.
Ophelia
Does this hurt your heart more than it feels good?
Alex
Call me.
Ophelia
We’re doomed, Alex
My sweet, lonely, pessimistic, drunk girl. I want to be the reason she learns to have faith in the world again. I feel like I’ve turned a corner. Like we can be together and figure out the distance and the baggage later.
Alex
We’re fated, Ophelia.
Ophelia
Fated for dooooom.
Alex
Fated for an old dusty cottage, where I can watch you do crosswords until your hair turns white.
Ophelia
There aren’t cottages in New York City
Alex
Who said anything about New York?
Ophelia
I’ll call you on Monday when I’m back at Sorrowsong, ok????
I pack my mother’s things into a bag, wondering why, after a life in a house with seven women, I’m no closer to understanding what goes on inside their heads.
