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“No I’er” Anna tried to look ieable “You don’t knohat that is, do you?”

“No So in the City?”

“Yeah That’s about it And what about you? What is this dire eency that’s so awful you have to call on me?”

“Don’t look at him, but there’s a man in the corner who asked me out for a drink after work And I said yes, before I kneas hiement, and it was all pretty aard So I needed a drink after work, just to calm down a bit But it turns out he’s here, so I have to be ement So you’re ”

“Oh, your date, I think”

“Date or whatever, yeah Just for this one drink, and then I’ll leave you alone If you don’twith me, so it looks like we’re…”

“Going on somewhere?”

Anna nodded

“Got you So what’s wrong with your friend in the corner?”

“Oh, nothing Just… There’s nothing right with him either I mean, he’s quite nice He’s not a bad person But there’s no…”

“Spark?”

“Spark”

The man was older than her, Anna calculated, but she couldn’t decide how much older Ten years? Maybe fifteen? He had to be in his thirties, anyway He ht not be She couldn’t make up her mind She couldn’t take that step back He see more than a juh forehead, a s, maybe, if not handsome