A Classic Affair

A Classic AffairIt took her quite a while to get around to it, but that's the way Ruth is, and there's nothing you can do except wait. The direct line doesn't work. I'd tried it once and she'd married Hank. So I sat there, watching her wind up, and waiting, wishing she weren't so damned pretty: it didn't make me feel much like the friend of the family I was supposed to be.Finally I couldn't take it any more. I finished the coffee and got up and started to go. But she caught my arm and looked at...