Show ION CORNER NO OTHER WAY by WILLIAM COLE JUDY JUDY kept her eyes on the jersey J share line all the while she was talking 1 I I 1 dont know what to do the she said he asked me it if I 1 1 could to let him know tonight she had tried to tell ted about lloyd richards earlier that evening first when they met and then when this they were having dinner in the cafeteria weeks but each time she had made the best mistake of looking at him and then fiction they were in the narrow park p ark by the river and she put it oft off any more he he says we could be married tomorrow she went on hes staying in town another day and there it wasl she sat back and pressed her hands in her lap she want ted to see how they were trembling but ted watching watch his arms were hooked over the back of the bench and he was staring out on the hudson his shortcut short cut hair and dark brooding face stood out s sharply against the cluster of lights from the palisades she reached out to touch him to clear that face even lor for a moment then she fought back the impulse oh im going to kill him she thought wildly it if he just sits there and takes it like thail 1 I think you should do it it ted said judy went limp she dug her nails into her flesh and felt nothing 1 I I 1 promised id call him she said weakly hell be waiting imagine making a crack like thail shed fix him goedl why you ted said d again this richards can give you the things you should have he straightened his leg and his bis heel tore a rut in the dirt path what can I 1 give you nothing ted nothing at au all you big lug only everything a girl what could I 1 give you T ted ed went on have some life with me dinners in cafeterias evenings in parks on our honeymoon for variety wed go to a museum have some sweet eifel it sounded sweet enough to ju judy dy but she say as much this was the beginning of a familiar routine there was nothing that could id be done until it ran itself out A lawyer ted said he addressed the single star that hung dimly above twenty five thousand lawyers in new york enough I 1 had to starve too it do any good to tell him that things were bad all over that they would pick up that after all he be was only out of law school a short time it do any good when he was like this to tell him anything anly he glared at the people sitting on the benches around them as though they were directly responsible let me tell you he said you youve ve got to be somebody to starve to death in this town do you think let anyone starve nol no youve got to have background youve got to have a college diploma and a law certificate and an office to hang them up in and then okay you can go ahead and starve the woman on the next bench was eyeing ted nervously judy stood up lets walk a bit she suggested she slipped an arm through his and walked lightly beside him a slim girl in a simple dark dress her brown eyes were troubled as ted hurried her along he stay depressed long not when she was with him when they were to gether he was soon the real ted and that help but make a success that was why it was important that they ted reed freed his arm and tried to drop it around her judy stepped aside ted looked surprised and drew her into the shadow ot of a tree alya judal he was smiling at her now its getting late she said 1 I have to call lloyd lloyd chos lloyd she looked at him furiously weve only been talking about him tor for the last 1 gosh honeil ted ran his hands back over her hair youre so swell ted red now pl pi I 1 judy wrenched her mouth to one side and then closed it quickly when he let go of I 1 her she hung on to his lapels ted spoke through her hair you were saying something about some guy named lloyd JUDY UDY waited until she could feel solid ground again beneath her dont loke joke about it ted please the man wants to marry me he does ted shook his head in wonder you dont say so this was more like it this was ted judy sighed if she could only keep him like that 1 I dont suppose I 1 want to marry you ted said 1 I suppose my in III tent tensions ions arent honorable he was still smiling but it wasi very much on the surface 1 I sup pose it there a darn goedl reason we have married long ago two years to be exact two years that could have been among the happiest in their lives tell me judy said she tried to keep her tone light just tor for the record what was that wonderful reason again ted turned away wearily lets betsi skip that tor for once he said 4 ez 4 IT 4 t t she slipped an arm through his and walked lightly beside him a slim dim girl in a simple dark dress she was as tired of the subject as he be was they had been over andl over it countless times without get 1 ting any place yes ted said saida he be knew all about it two could live as cheaply as one sure and judy could keep her job sure okay he said he think she could collide support him in the manner in which he had become accustomed and so until the time he could handle that end ot of it decently himself judy knew it was useless but still she persisted she had used the same phrases so often she knew them by heart dont you see darling wed at least have each other those other things arent important wed at least lets not discuss it ted said well just have to wait why should we wait she clenched her hands angrily we ve dont know how long be I 1 want to settle it right bowl he turned back to her slowly 1 I see before you speak to your friend mr richards she had forgotten about that but now she met his gaze fully yes before I 1 speak to him its always good to have a guy in reserve it ted said she gulped in some air all right my boy 0 KI she waved at him airily so nice to have known you she said and walked away what was so nice about it ted C called after her oh it was pretty nice theodore dont kid yourself but judy 9 glance lance back she crossed the drive and went on down the street back in the park there she knew he be was miserable and that made her miserable too but they go on like that indefinitely there was no other way besides it last long she knew his moods perfectly lets see now she looked at her watch two minutes for despair then the next two for thought and then in about two or three more she slowed down she so sure now fought before and sometimes made up for days but then he have much to worry about he could just let it slide he could let everything slide this time she was near panic when she reached the corner and then she heard heavy footsteps behind her she caught a glimpse of ted as she rounded the building and his wild frightened face was enough the only thing that troubled her now was where they would live uptown or out in the suburbs As for her conscience that trouble her at all consciences sometimes were pretty much of a bore and as for lloyd richards well she even have to call him lloyd knew her answer she had given it to him that afternoon |