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“How rinned before opening the oven to check on the pizza

Wily wo he could talk about

“Not many Seven”

She planted her hands on the counter beside him “Seven?”

That was a lot to her? “Yes Minimal dates”

She mouthed minimal dates and scrunched up her brow in question “You cannot tellmore than a date”

As she chopped lettuce for what he presuo with their not-so-healthy pizza, he realized she had concluded he had had notin the past five years How could she? She knew nothing about him, really

“What happened to you?”

Her earnest question put hi”

She chopped a carrot, the knife hitting the cutting board hard “Did any of them matter?”

“They all mattered”

She continued chopping and, without looking at him, said, “No Really matter”

He had to be honest “They all ive”

“How many were you serious with?”

Why did she ask? Why was that iainst?