The next few days gone fast, cars come and go. Some of them were permanent residences, others just visitors; a few nurses and some civil servants indeed. Bob felt really proud of them. He didn’t know any of them, too young most of them and in a different field but they were of the same breed; carrying the same dignified attitude and feeling of mission.
Philip was quiet most of the time, watching all this coming and going with not much to say and Anne always smiling, ready for goodmornings and goodbyes with everybody. The bully kept to his corner, Philips appearance seem to weigh heavily on him. Bob started thinking that perhaps retirement was not so bad after all.
“Bonjour,” a lightly accented voice hit him somewhere between the side lights and the carbonator leaving him shaking. “Good morning, dear,” Bob heard Anne answering to somebody in the far right side just next to Philip. “And how is our gentlemen Philip this morning?” The tone on ‘gentlemen’ on the last ‘e’. Philip answered with his usual “eh, good morning to you too,” and Bob was still trying to see the face behind the voice. “And who’s the new charming gentleman in our lot?” She asked again.
“Oh, this is Bob,” Anne started the introduction. “Bob just arrived, a retired public servant entering private sector.”
Bob was in love!
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