Without telling Tony, he had experimented on recording sounds, like the way a bed creaked, doors opening and closing, rain or sleet tapping on the window panes, footsteps through the corridor. “Ever since you heard of those dancers from the Philippines, you’ve been acting nuts. Pinayporn One such face…oh, God, what am I saying…
“All I wanted was to talk to them, guide them around Chicago, spend money on them so that they would have something special to remember about us here when they return to our country. “It’s snowing,” Fil said, smiling to himself as if he had ordered this and was satisfied with the prompt delivery. “Gosh, I wish I had your looks, even with those white spots, then I could face everyone of them,” he said, “but this mug.”
“That’s the important thing, you mug. They gazed around them with wonder, smiling at me, answering my questions, but grudgingly, edging away as if to be near me were wrong, a violation in their rule book. He had soaped the ashtrays, dusted off the floor boards and thrown away the old mats, replacing them with new plastic throw rugs.
