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It had beco coffee or tea while they Skyped or talked on the phone Anything to h they were in the same room

Jailass of wine…?”

“Excellent I’ll get one, too”

Emily put down the phone, hurried to the kitchen alcove, opened the joke of a fridge and peered inside

Yogurt Cottage cheese Milk Leftover Chinese Leftover Thai Leftover soone bad

Wine Wine…

There Half a bottle of cheap Chardonnay She grabbed it, bulass from the drainer on the sink and poured an inch—what the hell, poured two inches of the pale gold liquid, hurried back to the sofa and grabbed the phone

“James?”

“Yes What took you so long?”

“Sorry, sorry” E of the Chardonnay “So, how’ve you been?”

“Emily You called me”

“So?”

“So, so’s up”

“Why should some

thing be—”