![]() The kind of gorgeous where you didn’t even attempt to hide the fact that you were staring. He was a pig, a jerk, selfish, callous, crude, tactless, prone to outbursts and gorgeous. But what no one understands is that it was Bobby who broke my heart. That is, until in the midst of an unrelenting heatwave, he showed up at the doorstep of the house I lived in with his brother. We had all come to terms with the fact that he was probably dead somewhere, either a victim of the war or its aftermath. A year later, I heard Bobby was drafted to Korea. ![]() He slipped out during the wedding reception without a word. ![]() ![]() I haven't seen him since the day I married his brother. Bobby Lightly is selfish, irresponsible, and careless. It never feels like the mere passage of time, but a countdown towards something inevitable. At least that's what I tell myself at night, when I stare at the ceiling and listen to the rhythm of the grandfather clock down the hall. ![]()
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