If the world was small, Georgina Laudner’s world was compressed, like under a boot that occasionally ground a heel back and forth.
The job she fought so hard for was in Keller Plaza, overlooking Portnoy and Grace Medical Center.
Overlooking her ex.
The hippie hero.
The Midwest’s Most Selfless Man.
They were young, too young when they met, Steve was too high, she was too drunk, not just a little but a lot.
He’s still high, he’s high right now, stoned beyond imagining…or maybe lost in the world of imagination. Not a bad place to be I suppose, but…
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