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“We used to sit together, delirious with hunger sometimes, and pretend we were eating steak and mashed potato,” he said. “It sounds strange, but it can make a desperate man feel better.”
“I could see the compassion in your eyes, it was just blurred a little with worry.”
Once, cakes had been as commonplace as cheese and beautiful baguettes, but now they were as rare as hens’ teeth and she savored every bite.
They’re like peacocks, strutting around, doing anything to attract a female and lure her in.
