JACOB SAM-LA ROSE Things That Could Happen 1. She swoons, falls into his arms and they live together happily ever after. 2. She kisses him: the restaurant applauds. 3. There’s a pin-drop silence. She turns the knife in her hand, slowly. 4. His heart bursts in his mouth before he can say the words. It splatters the table, ruins her dress, and she never forgives him. 5. He’s interrupted by a handsome man from another table who asks if he can cut in. She accepts, of course, and waltzes off to an orchestra of cutlery, side-plates,
