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“Me, too Coive you a ride”

“No, I—”

“Don’t be silly The car’s free And it’s pouring” Fritz came out and opened the door Schiffer Diamond slid across the backseat

Jaot in

“Two stops,” she said to the driver “Where are you going?” She turned to James

“I, uh, don’t know exactly” He fumbled in his jeans pocket for the slip of paper on which he’d written the address “Industria Super Studios?”

“I’ to the same place,” she said “One stop, then,” she infor and pulled out an iPhone James sat stiffly beside her; luckily, there was a console between theht have been Outside, the rain was co down in buckets, and there was a ruine never having to worry about getting a taxi Or taking the subway

“Horrible weather, isn’t it?” she said “It’s so wet for August I don’t re this rainy in the suree heat And snow at Christmas”

“Really?” James said “It doesn’t usually snow until January now”

“I guess I have a romantic memory of New York”

“We haven’t had snow in years,” Jaht

She smiled at him, and James wondered if she was one of those actresses who seduced every man He reuy, who had been seduced by a fa an interview

“You’re Mindy Gooch’s husband, right?” she asked

“Ja to introduce herself, knowing, obviously, there was no need

She nodded “Your wife is…”