after a whlie eddie showed up.
johnny had just about finished his coffee and raspberry danish.
i am glad you showed up, johnny said to eddie, i have almost finished my coffee and danish.
what, you needed me to finish them? eddie asked.
no, but i do not have any money to buy some more.
johnny proceeded to tell eddie the story of his unfortunate encounter with the woman with gray eyes.
he neglected to mention that the woman had asked him, johnny, if he were eddie.
eddie did not seem overwhelmed or very interested in johnny’s story.
a woman did me wrong once too, eddie told johnny.
edde did not offer to give or lend johnny any money, and headed to the counter to buy his own coffee and donut.
johnny was not surprised.
it had been worth a try, but that was the kind of guy eddie was.
johnny and eddie went back a long way.
sometimes they wondered if they were the same person.
maybe they were.
it depended on how you looked at it.
johnny had a mom and a dad
they were from the old days, when people were what they were.
nobody knew where eddie came from.
there were all kinds of stories about him.
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