The building sways. It’s a windy day, and the building tilts forward. The sway of the building frightened Esme at first. She’d only noticed it after they moved in, when their boxes were piled up in the middle of the room and they were taking a break on their little balcony together, admiring their own lives, when the building lurched in much the same way. She almost asked Marcus if they should move. But he predicted her question and told her he’d already talked to the landlord, who’d assured him that the building could withstand hurricane-force winds and that it would sway and that was
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