The Other Passenger
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This was what lovers did in 2019, they coolly investigated each other. No more subtle gleaning, no more telling your backstory in your own time. Privacy was a setting now, not a human right.
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‘There’s a reason “Melia” gets shortened to “Me”,’ Clare said, later, on a cold morning in Edinburgh. ‘It’s because she’s a complete narcissist.’ But I’m getting ahead of myself.
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friendships born of convenience were as flimsy as the pages of our Metros.
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You lied to me, Jamie. Why should I believe another word you say?
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‘People attracted by the rumour that someone else is in danger, they end up creating it for themselves.’ He had no idea.
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(‘When did we lose the art of conversation?’ I asked Clare once. ‘When Instagram told ordinary people their lives were extraordinary,’
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It’s clear now that Melia counted on my compliance, my cowardice, my lack of imagination. I followed her breadcrumb trail like a middle-aged Hansel, into the lair of a wide-eyed, open-legged witch.