Karl closed the door of his room behind them.
He turned and looked at Tonio, who stood a few feet away. Then, as
if on signal, they crossed the space between them, clinging to each
other and covering each other with kisses.
“Tonio, what happened to you? Where’d you go?
You were next to me one minute and gone the next.” Karl had had to
hold on to these questions until they were alone. Now they broke
loose, like a damn bursting.
“I do not know. I was looking out the window,
the man in the front...”
“Giorgio.”
“Si, Giorgio. He was saying something
about leaving the city. The next thing I remember is it was dark
and Myrna was waking us up.”
“That’s the way I remember it, too,” said
Karl as he broke their embrace and walked to the bed and sat down.
“Only I went through the whole
