Chapitre 12: Chapter 12

“I didn’t know how to begin to get the money back. I came back to New York to find that I lost my job because the gallery closed. I applied all over SoHo and all of the galleries were cutting back on help. Even the fast food chains weren’t hiring.”

“Hard times for the art world as well as the rest of the country, baby.”

“My roommates were new, last year I shared the apartment with my best friend Tony and Tony’s girlfriend, now wife, Nina. They went up to Boston where Tony is a teaching assistant at Boston University so I had to room with someone new.”

Armand’s hand stroked up and down Sean’s arm. Sean felt comforted, as if Armand really cared about all that happened to him in the last few months.