Happy Few Page #5

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Obriot told me on the phone.

She thinks l'm the doctor. That has

nothing to do with the short-term memory.

You fell when you

wanted to repair the shower.

Do you remember?.

l am thirsty.

- She is thirsty.

Franck is wrong,

l know her so much.

When Frank was here, you

called him a few times.

Maybe.

l think l've caught a cold.

Everything okay?.

What are you drinking?.

- Nothing, l don't have much time.

Have you ever wondered

what would have happened if

you'd met Vincent first

or l Franck first?

Be honest, you've

you never asked?

l've no idea, no.

l do.

What's next?

Well, then Tim and Thelma wouldn't exist

nor would Margot.

That's right, yes.

Thelma asked me

give it back.

Don't blame her, please.

Does Franck also know it?

l have read it all,

you should know that.

Franck, we've something to talk about.

- Just a second.

No. Please come immediately.

What's the matter?.

l met Vincent for the first

time in our atelier.

Actually, Diane, and he should

discuss the website,

but she wanted to leave.

So l stayed.

And two days later he came once more

to ask whether the changes

were okay. l knew

it was because of me.

He could have called me.

We went for a drink

in the bar next door,

and when he asked me if

he might kiss me, l said: Yes.

Two days later we met in a hotel,

and slept together.

lt was just this one time.

Why?.

- Why what?

Why only once?

- l stopped it.

Didn't you want any more?

Honestly, l did not have

the strength to lie for you.

Here is a letter in

which l apologize.

Franck? Oh damn, l don't want

to meet them, have you called them?

And coffee?

- Yes, please.

Thank you.

- Teri?

Not look at me,

l can't do it then.

Vincent, please look out there.

Because nobody has the courage,

l'll say what everyone wants,

but at doesn't dare to say.

lt's definitely over, that was it.

Rachel!

Only because you move the furniture,

you'll not feel less guilty.

This is not Feng Shui,

l'll just throw out the carpet

with Teri's blood on.

- You can't run away.

Sooner or later you'll

have to talk with us.

l'm ready.

Yes, l've with Vincent before

our agreement, so we had

sex one time more,

that makes no big difference.

lt does make a huge difference.

l don't want that

everyone is disappointed now.

Too late.

- Stop it, Frank, what's this?

l know that you and Teri

meet secretly.

Now it gets ugly.

Vincent, it was your suggestion that we meet.

Was that serious meant?

l don't know, yes.

- No, that's not true.

What are you talking about?

- l'll explain.

When they separated

Vincent said to Rachel:

lf we two fall in love,

they could continue to meet.

That was just a joke!

- Or a premonition.

Stop talking such nonsense.

Teri, look at me. Teri!

Vincent just said it

without thinking.

Can you throw the bowl in my face

because l slept with Vincent without

When Diane cancelled because

she didn't want to leave her

sick friend alone, was it arranged?

- No, what's the point now?

We will not make everything evil

only because it's over now, right?

l've no more ideas. ls it over?.

You have said when it started, now

will you want to determine when it's over.

Everything goes according to your rules.

l never said that l want to stop,

Rachel said that.

She doesn't want to stop,

nor to give explanations.

l want that it's over between us.

And why?.

For the first time in my life

l feel exhausted.

You've just caught a cold, which is

no reason to say it must be over.

You don't understand what

it is about actually.

Before l met you, l was never

tired. l only want to forget you now.

We'll go home

and never meet again.

Come on.

Vincent, please.

Vincent.

l can't do it alone. Help me please.

Vincent, l beg you.

Stop staring at him.

Vincent. Come on, you've

been here long enough.

What?

Do you want to spend all holidays

in the next year without us?

The same evening

l called Rachel.

How shall that go?

l had to cry before

l even said a word.

Rachel was also weeping.

l don't know if l can endure this.

l said that l couldn't imagine

not see them anymore.

Both of you.

May l call at least?

Only talk once in while.

May l send you an email?

l said to her:
With you

we are a better ''we''.

Rachel told me that the idea

that we won't meet anymore,

made her also afraid.

ln between she wished to die.

l'll control myself and l

won't get aggressive.

We never met the two again.

Franck and l started to meet

our friends from the past again.

One day, Romain, who loves games,

asked what up to date had been

the most beautiful in our life.

We answered in turn.

For Noemi it was the first

smile of her daughter.

For Diane an Egyptian diadem

which was exhibited in the Louvre.

For Nora, it was a picture

by Hieronymus Bosch.

When we heard these answers,

Franck and l just looked at each other.

Franck hastened say:

The Bay of Hong Kong.

l replied:
Margot's birth.

l was sure that Frank had lied.

l had also lied.

Margot birth was

only the second.

A few weeks later my father

died unexpected.

During the preparations for the funeral

l felt surprisingly something

like joy. l hoped actually that Teri

and Vincent would come to the funeral.

They didn't come.

At the funeral l was

haunted by my wistful memories.

l didn't remember

my childhood then,

but was full of longing

for my recent past.

l've never got rid of it.

This desire for

ecstasy and invincibility.

For the emotions that l

perceived in the adventure.

The adventure with

Franck, Vincent and Teri.

Not so fast, Tim.

translated from the German ones

by:

THE HUGE ANlMAL FROM THE NORTH

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