Cold Comfort
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He crossed the street and stood in front of the old police building. Built in 1953, six storeys tall, red brick, like a giant wedding cake, with neat rows of small windows. A building full of memories. A building full of ghosts. The Catholic Children’s Aid Society was in there now. So was the Congress of Black Women. The white paint around the windows was now peeling badly; in fact, the entire building looked as if it had been let go. Yet in Gilbert’s memory it glowed. He thought of the new building. And then he thought of this old building. And he knew he had to move forward. He had to move forward, even if he had to pull the weight of the past behind him, the way the little boy pulled the immense obelisk in his toy wagon. He knew he could accept it now, that his memories of Matchett were still golden, that they would always stay golden, and that recent events didn’t in any way cheapen them. Matchett was just a man. And his life was a river. You went along with the flow and sometimes the scenery was pleasant. Sometimes it wasn’t. You had to make the most of where the river took you.
He turned from the old building and walked toward Yonge Street. For now, he would enjoy the sunshine. The warmth on his face was refreshing after the long Toronto winter. He glanced up at the snow clouds. He would enjoy the sunshine until the snow finally came again.
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