She said: like something she was borrowing.
She said: not like something that was hers.
She said: you know the difference when you’ve been watching people long enough.
She said: I’ve been watching people for a very long time.
I said: yes.
She said: you’re going to be all right.
She said it the way people say things when they mean them.
Not as comfort.
As assessment.
As: I have looked at this situation and this is my conclusion.
I said: yes.
I said: I think so.
She said: the house with the big yard.
I said: you read the paper.
She said: it mentioned what you’d been saving for.
She said: get the house.
She said: plant something in the yard.
She said: something that takes a few years to grow.
She said: so you have something to watch.
I said: yes.
She said: I have a garden like that.
