Twelve Months Later, Ethan Came Back With a Sleeping Newborn and a Broken Suitcase
In the glass, my mouth was a straight line.
Behind me, Richard laughed again.
I watched my own face in the black window and didn’t turn around.
The last guest left at ten forty, and Richard stood in the doorway thanking each of them by name.
He didn’t ask why I was still at the sink.
At the door he said, “We will talk in the morning,” in the same voice he used with the tellers.
I didn’t answer.
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