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“That why you use so much?”
“Don’t hate until you’ve tried it” She uses tongs to shower the plates in cilantro “Now, they’re perfect Trustfor seconds”
“Guess you’ll still get ”
Her eyes go to the concrete “Ryan Can we… Let’s just eat, okay?”
“Yeah” Hunger doesn’t exactly make conversation easier
She follows oing?”
“It’s a surprise” I lead her around the corner
It’s a dozen blocks to the nearest park We walk them in silence
The air between us stays heavy
We step under the yello of a streetlight Take seats on an empty concrete bench
Leighton sets the plate between us
I hand over her water bottle
Her fingers brush ot about this place”
“I run here sometimes”
“It’s small” She looks at the ehts are off Kids are home