I
just started to
wake up
when I
heard a knock
at my door, at first
I didn't answer but
he kept pounding and
said I know you are there, I
finally said wait
a minute
Al, I put my robe on and opened the
door. He
came in and
started to
shout at
me, how dare you leave
the school, I looked
at him for the first time in
a different light, then
slowly I
said didn't Jimmy
tell you I am
going on vacation
to Tel Aviv, yes but who is going to take care of
the student, to
this I answered you are, if I
can do it
so can you, and what
about our marriage, oh that, I said
you left that in
the poker house, you
lied to me
and took
all our money and lost
it, he put
his hand in his
pocket and took out a
bunch of money all rapped up
and handed
it to me,
see I have
money, yes I said
but not
the apartment or
my gown or
your suit, he
did not answer
that, than
he said when will
you be back,
I said
maybe Monday, at this
he said goodbye see you Monday, and he left, he turned
at the
door and
said.I love you. I
didn't mean
to hurt you.
I was glad
when he
was gone, just
the nearness of
him made
me weak.
The
ride to Tel Aviv was
nice, its
been a
long time
since I have
been there, and
visited my
Uncle.Uncle Moshe was
happy to
see me he reminded me of my father
so much,
we spend a beautiful afternoon
together and
talked about the
family, he
had to go
to work so he dropped me off
by the beach.
The beach was beautiful and it
was
so much
hotter here, I sat
in the sand
watching the children play, there was a lot
of people at
the beach, and
that is one thing I missed
in Jerusalem.
I was watching
the waives and
day dreaming
when a fellow
asked me
if I like
to join them,
he said we
got a nice
cold beer, I
smiled and
said how can
I refuse that.
They all told me
their names, and I
told them I am
from Jerusalem visiting
the beach,
I took my
shoes off and and we all
played ball, I
had a nice
time, they
wanted me to stay but I
told them
I had to
leave. They took me
to the bus
and I
thanked them. On
the way
back I
wished I
could have
stayed over night, but
I didn't have enough money for a
hotel,and my Uncle had
a small
apartment and
only one
bed. But I
had a fun day.