Every Saturday, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places and events from his band’s 31-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith.
[continued from last week]
Stating the obvious didn’t usually get the results Martin wanted. He knew there was a better chance of it working out in his favor if he waited before he spoke. He and Mike hadn’t really spent much time together in the past 25 years, but the situation was perfect. Why can’t they see that? Martin wondered. How can they be so selfish?
Staying at Val and Mike’s was, to Martin, a given. He’d been doing it for years. He could get a mid-afternoon ferry from Denman, take a leisurely drive down Vancouver Island and get to Val and Mike’s quaint, completely refurbished 1940s house in Nanaimo in time for dinner. There was no denying that Val was a great cook. It was perfect. Why are they being so abrasive? Martin wondered. Maybe I’ll call first next time … no, that won’t work. They might say no.
[to be continued]
“He Didn’t Say” from Jarred Up (K, 1993) (download):
