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‘Wow. Same landmass. at’s cool. at’s, yeah, cool.’

‘It was really good,’ she said.
‘You’re sounding ver y formal.’
Nora was aware half of the bus was listening in. Ravi was staring at her as
he drank a bottle of beer.

‘I’m just . . . you know . . . on the bus . . . ere are people around.’
‘People,’ he sighed, as if it was a swear word. ‘ ere are always people.
at’s the fucking problem. But hey, I’ve been thinking a lot recently. About
what you said on Jimmy Fallon . . .’

Nora tried to act as if ever y sentence he said wasn’t an animal running
into the road.
‘What did I say?’
‘You know, about how it just ran its course. Me and you. How there were

no hard feelings. I just want to thank you for saying that. Because I know I
am a difficult fucking person. I know that. But I’m getting work for that. e
therapist I’m seeing is really fucking good.’
‘ at’s . . . great.’

‘I miss you, Nora. We had great times. But there is more to life than
fantastic sex.’
‘Yes,’ said Nora, tr ying to keep her imagination in check. ‘Absolutely.’
‘We had all kinds of great. But you were right to finish it. You did the right

thing, in the cosmic order of things. ere is no rejection, there is only
redirection. You know, I’ve been thinking a lot. About the cosmos. I’ve been
tuning in. And the cosmos has been telling me I need to get my shit
together. It’s balance, man. What we had was too intense and our lives are

too intense and it’s like Dar win’s third law of motion. About an action
leading to a reaction. Something had to give. And you were the one who saw
that and now we are just particles floating in the universe that may
reconnect one day at the Chateau Marmont . . .’

She had no idea what to say. ‘I think that was Newton.’
‘What?’
‘ e third law of motion.’
He tilted his head, like a confused dog. ‘What?’

‘Never mind. It doesn’t matter.’
He sighed.