Book1:TeDream-Maker
callwherehehadseenherbefore.Theremusthavebeensomereasonforhertopilikeshedid.Hewanderedaroundaimlesslylikeheusedto,andhisfootstepstookhiminvoluntarilyonhisusualpathtowardsLakeMerritt.Hesawyoungpeoplesittingonthebenchesenjoyinghamburgersandsoftdrinks,talkingandughinganimatedly.Therewerealsomanyfashionableandwell-dressedpeopleinbusinesssuitsstrollingaround,obviouslyontheirlunchbreak."Oh,it’salreadynoohoughtDimitri.Whehesepeople,hefeltasenseofinferiorityingoverhim,envyiheirenergyandpurposeithehought,"Why’tIenjoylifethewayIwantto?Whyshouldeveryonebealike?"Heshruggedabetter. 1 Hegottothepierandsatonhisusualbench,thinkingoftheeventsofthepastfewdays.AftermovinginwithMarianna,shemadehimwash,shave,cuthishairandboughthimnewclothes.Hewasnotatallusedtoallthisfussalikeanewmabedwassuovelexperiehefoundithardtogotosleep.Itwasastormynight.Thewindandrainwereragingoutside,butallwasquietandsereneihebedroom,onlyMarianna’ssurbreathingcouldbeheardinthesweetdarkness.Hefeltthattheroomwasasolitaryboatdriftingonastormyseaandapicturehehadseeninhisyouthcamevividlytomind.Itictureofaofyoungbirdssleepingsoundlyamidwindandrainanditssimiritieswithhispresentstatestruckhim.Hecouldn’tfetthefactthatifheweren’there,hewouldbeseekinghaveniorm.Thatdriftinglifestylewasbleak,drearyandsometimesfraughtwithdanger,butithadadesotebeautyandasenseofadvebeedtohiscarefreespirit. Suddenly,Dimitriwasstartledfromhisreveriebytwosofthandschiseyes.Helookedbadfoundthesmilingfaariannalookingdownonhim. "SorryIwasfir