If you watch their faces, their eyes, then it’s business as usual, they’ve already put that night behind them, are just thinking about the future, or the moment, not that night in the water. But don’t fall for those poker faces. Instead, watch them sitting at the outdoor tables at Dot’s. Watch them leaning against that chipped blue pole at Lonnie’s while their cars gulp gas in. Watch them sitting on Melanie’s bench for the last little bit of the sunset. They’ll make it three minutes, five minutes, their book distracting them, this phone call taking all their attention, this bite of omelette so
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