WHEN MARIA GETS UP TO LEAVE TONY NOTICES THE EYE SHE GIVES OBIE, REMEMBERS THE SAME SORT OF GLINT IN OBIE'S FROM THE MORNING, WHEN HE HAD DUG TONY'S TIE OUT FROM UNDER THE PILE THAT HAD BECOME HIS CLOTHES.
REMEMBERS HOW OBIE WRAPPED THE RED SLIP OF A THING AROUND HIS NECK, STANDING BEHIND TONY.
REMEMBERS THE FEEL OF OBIE AGAINST HIS BACK, HIS PALMS ON HIS SHOULDER, AND THE SANDPAPER TOUCH OF HIS BEARD ALONG HIS NECK WHERE HIS LIPS FOUND HIS EAR.
TONY RECOGNIZES THE SMILE IN HIS MOTHER, AND HE'S NOT SURE IF THE FEELING IN HIS GUT IS SHAME OR RESIGNATION.
HE BEGINS TO FEEL SORRY FOR HOWARD THEN, AND THEN HE STOPS.
IT'S SOMETHING HE GETS BETTER AT LATER, WHEN HE'S OLDER.
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REMEMBERS HOW OBIE WRAPPED THE RED SLIP OF A THING AROUND HIS NECK, STANDING BEHIND TONY.
REMEMBERS THE FEEL OF OBIE AGAINST HIS BACK, HIS PALMS ON HIS SHOULDER, AND THE SANDPAPER TOUCH OF HIS BEARD ALONG HIS NECK WHERE HIS LIPS FOUND HIS EAR.
TONY RECOGNIZES THE SMILE IN HIS MOTHER, AND HE'S NOT SURE IF THE FEELING IN HIS GUT IS SHAME OR RESIGNATION.
HE BEGINS TO FEEL SORRY FOR HOWARD THEN, AND THEN HE STOPS.
IT'S SOMETHING HE GETS BETTER AT LATER, WHEN HE'S OLDER.