We watched the rest of the movie in silence. By the end I was practically in his lap, but he didn’t have a single complaint. In fact, after they showed several short advertisements—commercials, Jack explained—a comedy vignette about two brothers in a toy shop, and the second movie began, I tried returning to my seat. He held me firmly in place, one arm around my waist and the other stroking my hair. Halfway through the second film I realized he wasn’t watching at all, but noting all of my reactions with a smile on his face. So I laughed extra loud at all the jokes, gasped at the dramatic
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