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“Neményi was fifty-six years old. He had aged and become eccentric. He washed his hands obsessively and carried soap in his pocket. Regina noticed that he avoided touching door handles. When he couldn’t open a door with his elbow, he would grab the handle through the sleeve of his sweater or wipe it with a disinfectant-soaked tissue. He did the same with the telephone receiver. “Microbes. You’re a nurse, you should know that there are more bacteria in those places than on a toilet seat.” Then suddenly, everything ended. Paul stopped coming. Bobby was nine years old. “Why doesn’t Paul visit us anymore?” he asked. “Paul is dead,” his mother replied. “He was your father. Didn’t you know?” — Dariusz Radziejewski
Neményi was fifty-six years old. He had aged and become eccentric. He washed his hands obsessively and carried soap in his pocket. Regina noticed that he avoided touching door handles. When he couldn’t open a door with his elbow, he would grab the handle through the sleeve of his sweater or wipe it with a disinfectant-soaked tissue. He did the same with the telephone receiver.
“Microbes. You’re a nurse, you should know that there are more bacteria in those places than on a toilet seat.”
Then suddenly, everything ended. Paul stopped coming. Bobby was nine years old.
“Why doesn’t Paul visit us anymore?” he asked.
“Paul is dead,” his mother replied. “He was your father. Didn’t you know?