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I'd like to say that I had something equally salacious to say, or something suave, but for the life of me, the only thing I could think to say, was, Okay. We sat that way in total silence for at least a minute, though it felt like longer. 14I woke to early morning sunlight. Good enough, I said.

And that he'd called me at all. I know you'll get in here, eventually, because you couldn't stand yourself if you chickened out. Louie taught biology at Washington University. Something dropped from that dark figure, something silver that glinted in the white glow, but it didn't really register.