Lilly and her mother planned the wedding, usually while eating or drinking at the kitchen counter, with Gershwin happily excluded from the dozen or so decisions they had to make,.
Each visit disrupted Gershwin’s routine and he never got used to them, though he did his best to get out before Lilly’s mother arrived and not return until after she left. He hoped that his absence gave her the impression that he had a regular job with regular hours, even though he was either at the Y or Kate’s apartment or scouting a location for a future robbery. And he did the same thing when her friends or other relatives came over, if only to avoid their reaction to his home and comments about how fortunate he was to have inherited so much money.
YIt was a strange time for him. His home and privacy were su
