Chapter 16

I wasn’t meeting Sally until 2 o clock so I started taking a long walk. I started walking over to Broadway, I hadn’t been there in years. I wanted to find a record store to get Phoebe a record called ‘Little Shirley Beans’. It was about a little kid who wouldn’t go out of the house because of her 2 front teeth were out. I knew Old Phoebe would love it. You would love her, she’s only ten and she’s amazing.

There was this family walking in front of me, you could tell they had just been to church. A mum, a dad and a kid. The kid was singing ‘If a body catch a body coming through the rye.’ He had a pretty little voice. I was lucky, the first store I went in had the record, they charged me 5 bucks for it because it was so hard to get, but I didn’t care, I couldn’t wait to give it to Phoebe. When I came out of the store I thought Id give Jane a buzz and see if she was home for vacation yet, but her mother answered so I hung up.

I went to get the theatre tickets for me and Sally. I bought 2 orchestra sears for ‘I Know My Love.’ It was a benefit performance or something. I knew Sally would love it. I went to look for Phoebe in the park, she often roller skated there on Sundays. A young girl told me she was on a museum trip. I told the kid it was Sunday though and she replied “Oh. Then she isn’t”. Even thought phoebe wasn’t there I went over to the museum. The best thing, though, in the museum is everything always stayed right where it was. The only thing that’s different is you. I didn’t end up going in though, I probably would have if Phoebes was there.