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A Note in the Margin

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A Note in the Margin

T HE window of the tiny café had fogged up, making it difficult for John

to see the bookstore across the street, but he kept staring anyway. His

gaze was unfocused, not really taking in the old-fashioned wooden

frames around the windows or the colorful display of recommended

Australian authors. The waitress quietly refreshed his tea and smiled

briefly when he looked up with the almost apologetic expression of those

caught in a daydream.

He took a sip of the tea, sighed, and looked back toward the store.

This time his eyes lighted on the small sign next to the door. He couldn't

read it from this distance, but he knew the neat handwritten script read

“Under New Management”.

“Under new management,” John mumbled with a disbelieving

shake of his head. “My own fucking ‘sea change’.”

Rubbing a weary hand across his eyes, John remembered the words

of his doctor: “The migraines are going to continue to get worse unless

you make some major changes in your lifestyle. What you need is a ‘sea

change’… in other words, give up the ongoing stress of your current job

and get out of Melbourne. Perhaps buy a nice little business in the

country or along the coast, settle down, something easier to occupy your

time….”

“Patronizing prick,” John cursed quietly, but despite his opinions of

the “smug” physician John had known he was right. He also knew he

couldn’t resign from his hard-fought-for job, but was willing to take a

year’s leave of absence, have his “sea change” without leaving the city,

and then get straight back to business.

So here he was looking at the “nice little business” he’d just

acquired. It wasn’t in the country, but it might as well be, situated as it

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