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“Someone invited me.” “Living on the moon. Sand everywhere,
cactuses in the yard. Flat for miles.”
“Your partner?” he
asked, nodding at Kyle. “Do you go home often?”
He must have been “Not unless I have to.”
watching me for a while.
“Do you wanna make out?”
“Not my partner. Just a
guy.” “Sure.”
“That’s pretty ballsy.” He had the bright, impersonal taste of
mouthwash. When we pulled apart, I heard
“How about you?”
a little Hm in the background.
“It was my wife’s idea. The woman in the lavender wig put her
He pointed at the hand on his arm.
woman in the lavender
wig. “It’s our ten-year “How you holding up?” she asked.
anniversary.”
“I’m great,” he said.
“Wow.”
“Just checking in.” She smiled, and squeezed
“I know.” his arm.

“I like your shirt.” “She seems a little intense,” I said, when
she’d gone.
It was leather, and laced
up in the back. “Nah, she’s cool.”
“Thanks.” “What do you normally do in your free
time?”
“Where’s it from?”
“I spend a lot of time cooking.”
“A little town in New
Mexico called Cedar “What’s your favorite food?”
Crest.”
“Don’t laugh.”
“What were you doing “Cross my heart.”
out there?”
“Spaghetti and meatballs.”
“Visiting home.”
I laughed.
“What’s it like?”
“You said you wouldn’t.”

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