The No-Show
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Slowly, slowly, she slips from being a woman who is waiting for her date to a woman who has been stood up.
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He had one of those smiles that made you feel like the only person in the world.
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It’s easy for Siobhan. She’s all on her own.
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He’s a bit like Eeyore: mournful, morose, but somehow fun to have around nonetheless.
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‘He cheese-grated the whole of the front of his body on the trunk of a sycamore,’ AJ tells Miranda, leaning forward. ‘You should have seen the state of the man’s dick after that, it looked like a half-chewed stick of pepperoni.’
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‘Some people are worth waiting for, I guess.’
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This is difficult to argue with. And there’s something about Aggie.
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The Outer Hebrides, maybe, or somewhere remote in rural Wales. A place where there is absolutely nobody, because then by definition there will be nobody with whom Jane might conceivably fall in love.
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‘I guess I just always feel like women want me to be something I’m not sure I can be. I’m really not perfect, you know?’
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‘I don’t want you to be perfect. Why would I want that? I want you. I want all the parts of you, the broken ones, the ones you’ve kept hidden away.’
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You’re not on your own now, Jane. You’ve got me. Always.’
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It’s a kiss that says always.