| Show ROB EDEN EDEN- THE TilE STORY SO FAR Sally Blair has advanced from a 20 a n week typist to private secretary secretary secretary secre secre- tary for Harvey ey Davidson millionaire million million- aire Unable to have Peter Douglas with whom she is in love she plans to win Mr Davidson on Mac Tierney husband of I her former fonner roommate Ann Seymour four thinking his hL wife is at Sallys Sally's apartment comes to find h her hernot hernot r not there Sally realizes that to keep her Ann has probably gone out with her boss John Warner Sally wonders what Mac will wUl do when he learns the tru truth th CHAPTER THIRTY Sally knew what wha t had happened as soon roon as ns she got home the next noon and saw Ann sitting on the couch two unopened bags on the floor beside her A pale wan wall Ann A frail ghost whose e eyes es burned In the hollows of her face whose lips were ere blue and bloodless Oh youve you've come and she rose only to totter back on the davenport daven daven- port port Her voice was wn hoarse and the eyes which she turned on Sally were vague unseeing The landlady let me in in-I in I aked asked her to to- to to Sally Saly took her In her arms but thc the body she held was tense Mac sent Mac sent me away Sally Sal He doesn't want me any more more so so I packed and came here here I hercI I didn't have any ay place else to go go- go Hush dont don't talk about it H. I have to talk tal about abut it I r lied led to him Told him I was coming here and he came to get et me rae rae- me-I me meIr I r know Why did dd she have ha to to tell tel forget about it Why couldn't she try tI tIto I was out with wih Mr Warner Sally Saly Id I'd Id been ben out with wih him once before and Mac Ma didn't know He wouldn't have h c known last lt night if it I he hadn't hant come here hera Oh it was vas wa terrible Mac raving at me telling he he didn't want me that me-that that Id I'd killed kled his love Iove He saw sw the car drive up Sally saw Sally sw Saly-sw saw Mr Warner then he accused me as ns I came in th the lobby I tried to ex explain explain ex- ex plain but he wouldn't wouldn't listen listen- t I know kow Sally Saly patted the shivering shiv shiv- ering cring shoulders MAC IS ANGRY i I couldn't help It i Sall Sally I r had togo to togo togo go with wih Mr Warner when he ho asked aked me that second time I didn't know what to do I was scared to death I Idid Idid did what I thought was right right and and it i was wa all so wrong so terribly wrong Mac says hell he'll hel never forgive me me- me that I cant can't er c ever come back bak to him She was sobbing and her sobs were pitiful heart rending You ddt didn't go to work toda today then Im never never going going to that office again again- Somehow Sally Saly got her clothes off oC and put her to bed It I was wn clear that Ann had had no sleep the night be before before be- be fore and that her nerves were at the breaking point poInt I was wa trying to do my best she repeated a alUe little calmer caler now that she shewa was wa lying down dow and everything's c so muddled up I knew Mac Ma would be furious if I told him I was wa going out with Mr Warner so I had ha to lie He Sally what If I he never ne forgives me I cant can't live lve without him hi Id I'd die Tell Tel me hell he'll hel take me back Im Im going to see se him as a soon as a you get to sleep Ann Oh will wU you ou I tried to to tell him hi but he wouldn't listen Usten Maybe hell he'll listen to you OU Going out with wih hel Mr Warner was bad enough terrible I Iwa Iwas Iwas was wa frightened to death both times he he Is a beast beast and bat and and now this this this-this this Is Js much worse with Mac not loving me hating me me- me meI I Mac does love you ou Sa Sally 1 said patiently I He doesn't now noW He hates me The things he said a shudder passed through the little body and the reddened reddened red red- eyelids shut tightly Hes angry that's all SALLY TALKS TO MAC MACI I shouldn't have gone out with Mr Warner Warnel but I didn't know kow what to do I did dd what I thought was best best Sall Sally you'll go now to Mac Dont Don't wait for me to go to sleep And tell tel him Im I'm sorry orr I tried to make him hims see s I was but he laughed at me I got down on my knees to him but it i didn't make any difference difference- leave You sure you'll be all ni right If i I now Ill Il be fine but I want you ou to go There Ther were wee more Instructions as to what Sally Saly was to tell tel Mac More tears teas more apologies Finally Finaly lowering lowering low low- ering the bedroom blind she slipped out promising that if 11 I she could she would bring brIne Mac back with wih her Ann seemed calmer after that and told Sally Saly shed she'd try to sl sleep p. p Bec Because u e she wanted to get to the Tierney apartment a as soon son as a pcs pcs- ps- ps s sible ble she took a taxi taJ and th then n when she was in it wondered why it was crawling cradling along so slowly Poor Ann trying to help Mac and making a mistake Poor Por Mac lovIng lov lov- ing Ann and sending her bier away torturIng torturing tor tor- tor- tor turing himself during her absence abene For he would his thoughts of her would do that Children ChUden both of or them But Mac would get over his anger He loved Ann too to much Sally Saly assured herself to stay a away ay long Shed She'd bring him back with wih her he and everything would be all al right right Mac MC opened the door for Cor her glowering his clothes ed his face unshaven An ash nh tra tray on the couch held dozens of stubs stub some of them half haI consumed and others smoked to the tips Evidently Mac Mae h had d had no rest either His Hs face was haggard and his jaw was wa set in the same stubborn way that Sally Saly had learned to dislike she ddt didn't like Mac Mac She did But in his stubborn moods mood he was dif I- I cult cult This Interview was wa not going goin to be as easy as she had thought MAC IS RELENTLESS You come conic from Ann I suppose Mac started right in the subject Sally Saly nodded as a she sat down Well Wel you ou needn't h have he e come I told Ann An last night that I was wa through with wih her and I mean It I dont don't want wat to s see sec her again He lighted another and started consuming it quickly Theres no use t feeling Ung like that Mac Anns Ann's sorry She only did what she thought was right rIght She doesn't like Mr Warner She hates him him him- Mac laughed a short laugh lugh with wih no mirth In it i. i She told me that to too but I dont don't believe beleve It i. i it You must mut believe beleve it i Its It's Is I's true I IAnn Ann adores adore you and you adore her Mac interrupted d her rudely When you ou love a man you dont don't run runaround runaround around round with wih the first man who asks you out Well Vell Wel th that's ts t's what Ann did dd and nothing e else c matters to 10 me Wont you yon listen to reason rean Theres no reason in it at all al that thai thaI I r can see I lose los my Job laid off of for tor fora tora a month and ad promptly m my wife wIe starts going out with wih another man It I wasn't want that Mac Ann would have been fired fred if I she hadn't hat gone out with wih Mr Warner and she didn't want to lose los her Job job you job you ou know Mr Warner Warner- Yes Ive I've Ive heard enough about him and and that's what sickens me that me-that that Ann should have gone with wih him him Wm- Youre going to come back back with Ih Ihme me Sally Saly insisted and see sec Ann She's at my apartment apartment Again Mac laughed th the same harsh laugh that went through Sally like a a. knife I Youre You're wrong SaI Sally I Inave nave have have no Intention of coming back bac backwith backwith with you and you and no intention of or seeing Ann again You could give her a message from me mc though if i you ou will wm He was wa pacing the floor Ioor very el elfast fast throwing c ret ashes ashe on the floor Ioor as he walked a Sally Sall sat holding her breath wondering wondering won won- dering what was coming From his face there was no hope It I was as relentless as ever SALLY IS UNSUCCESSFUL You might tell tel her again that I never vant want to see sec sc her again agai never ne cr want to talk talk to her again agan And that If I she wants a divorce she can cn get itI it I wont won't b bother bather ther Im I'm through with her with everything ng Tonight l Ill I'll pack hack pak up whatever she has ha here she here she only took her clothes clothe because I packed them for her and made her take tike them them and and Ill I'll Il send them to your our apartment You dont don't know kow what youre you're doIng dolg do- do Ing lag lag- lg- lg Of course curs I do A man loves a woman and the woman falls fails fals him hi Just when he needs her most If I you were a man you'd oud see sec m my viewpoint but you jOU arent aren't a a man Youre You're a woman woman woman wo wo- wo- wo man like Ann and you'd joud probably to the same thing she has I idolized Ann No man ever e loved lo a woman more than I loved her her and and now its it's over All Al of oC it Ill I'll Ill never be able to forgive her so that's the reason I sent her away Id I'd Id never be able to trust her again Youre going to ruin both of ot your our lives lives lives- What difference does do that make Mine is ruined already Sal Sally saw It was useless uSEless arguing with wih him any more so she got up to goWl go Will Wl you give her that message No I wont won't Mac Then Ill I'll Il write to her and tell tel tel her her her- herNo No Sally Say as was frightened Dont write Ill I'll tell Ill tel Ill tell her bier She wouldn't but Mac needn't know that She couldn't have him writing to Ann An breaking her heart all over again SALLY SEES PETERS PETER'S MOTHER On paper his words would be ter ter- ter- ter Better to promise that shed she'd tell tel Ann concoct some ome story stor tell teI her Mac wasn't want at home when she got goi there That flint was wa it i. i That shed she'd waited and Mac Mae wasn't there She ddt didn't take a taxi back but walked to th the subway slowly thinking thinking think think- ing trig over what Mac Ma had said worryIng worryIng worry- worry Ing lag about abut what she would tell tel Ann Dreading to see sec her because of oC her failure She had done her best bt and that had been ben no good god Mac was wa so blind Why were ere men so blind If I he only would forgive Ann take her herback herback herback back everything would be fine Ann wouldn't err again Sally Saly knew Sighing sh she slid sId Into a seat scat anc and closed clod her eyes eye When she opened them again with a start thinking she had gone past her station she saw a n. woman in black beside herThe her The figure was vaguely familiar Those pearl beads bas around a chalk white throat throat Sally Saly couldn't see ee the womans woman's face tace because It was wa turned the other way Then she he lne knew without seeing the fae face The woman was Peters Peter's mother Mrs Douglas must mut have felt her start for tor she looked around Oh Its It's Miss Mis Blair Blair Blair- Bal Bal- the voice yole was wa friendly affable How nice to t see you ou again Sally Saly mumbled something thinkIng thinking think think- ing lug of the last time she had seen Mrs Douglas That call she had made mae How furious she had been And now she was saying quite calmly How nice to see ee you ou again To be continued Sally Saly worried worrie about Anns Ann's heartbreak heart hear break has her own wound opened again at the sight of ol Peters Peter's mother |
