I was infatuated with a man I knew slightly. I began to dress like Rob (that was his name), talk like him, develop the same interests. People noticed; some were amused. All this time, Rob didn’t know what I was up to, but eventually someone told him, and then that person told me what he’d done.
I waited in embarrassed dread for Rob to accuse me, belittle me as some petty impostor. After several days, he did call. But he wasn’t angry or even amused, just regretful. “Look,” he said, “I like you, but it’s no use trying to imitate me, because I’m imitating someone else. You didn’t know that, did you? I’m already spoken for. We don’t need a third here. Understand?”
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THE SUNDAY PITCH
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