Then of course I found
ugg boots on sale it. I'd been flicking through a row of cassette cases, my mind on other things, when suddenly there it was, under my fingers, looking just the way it had all those years ago: Judy, her cigarette, the coquettish look for the barman, the blurred palms in the background.
I didn't exclaim, the way I'd been doing when I'd come across other items that had mildly excited me. I stood there quite still, looking at the plastic case, unsure whether
discount uggs for women or not I was delighted. For a second, it even felt like a mistake. The tape had been the perfect excuse for all this fun, and now it had turned up, we'd have to stop. Maybe that was why, to my own surprise, I kept silent at first; why I thought about pretending never to have seen it. And now it was there in front of me, there was something vaguely embarrassing about
uggs discount the tape, like it was something I should have grown out of. I actually went as far as flicking the cassette on and letting its neighbour fall on it. But there was the spine, looking up at me, and in the end I called Tommy over.
"Is that it?" He seemed genuinely sceptical, perhaps because I wasn't making more fuss. I pulled it out and held it in both hands. Then suddenly I felt
discount uggs for women a huge pleasure--and something else, something more complicated that threatened to make me burst into tears. But I got a hold of the emotion, and just gave Tommy's arm a tug.
"Yes, this is it," I said, and for the first time smiled excitedly. "Can you believe it? We've really found it!"
"Do you think it could be the same one? I mean, the actual one. The one you lost?"
As I turned it in my
ugg boots discount outlet fingers, I found I could remember all the design details on the back, the titles of the tracks, everything.
"For all I know, it might be," I said. "But I have to tell you, Tommy, there might be thousands of these knocking about."
Then it was my turn to notice Tommy wasn't as triumphant as he might be.
"Tommy, you don't seem very pleased for me," I said, though in an obviously jokey voice.
"I am pleased
ugg boots on sale for you, Kath. It's just that, well, I wish I'd found it." Then he did a small laugh and went on: "Back then, when you lost it, I used to think about it, in my head, what it would be like, if I found it and brought it to you. What you'd say, your face, all of that."