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This Game of Ours, Chapter Four

I took my high school diploma and tried to make sense of what to do next. Mostly, I played a lot of poker. That kept the money coming in. My parents were understandably less than impressed with what had happened, so I basically tried to make sure we led separate lives.

My father kept extremely well-regulated hours, so that wasn’t difficult. He took one of two trains to work every morning and one of two trains home again every night. So I made sure I returned from a night at the tables minutes after he left and went out every evening just before he got back. For the whole of that summer, we hardly spoke. We had nothing to say to each other. Continue Reading »

Posted 19 August 2008 § This Game Of Ours ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

This Game of Ours, Chapter Three

For the second time in my life, my father decided the family had to move. And for the second time the upheaval was very sudden. He had finally tired of spending months on end at sea and took a job as a Vice President with a large shipping company.

His salary was good, so he wanted to move us all out to the suburbs, upgrading from a Queens apartment to a Long Island house. As ever, the decision was quickly backed up with action and the moving trucks were rolling down the road within days. Continue Reading »

Posted 16 July 2008 § This Game Of Ours ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , ,