In a diner downtown, he
ate his breakfast with today’s paper spread out underneath an elbow. A charming
girl walked in and took out a copy of another newspaper.
He would walk up to her
and ask, “Why are you reading that? The writing’s biased.”
She’d look at him
pointedly and would defensively say, “I write for this paper.” She’d show him
the front
page with her name on a byline. “I’ll take my breakfast to-go,” she’d
tell the cashier, and would leave without further acknowledgement.
“Women,” he’d sigh.
He shook his head.
Maybe he should just let her be.
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Playing with verb forms. Would usually indicates the possibility of doing something (by intention); here, the "if" in the condition is implied.
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