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Julie: Was that hard to say?

Imogen: Yes.

Julie: Sexist!

Imogen: I know. Women are as bad as men sometimes, but not there.

Julie: How would you know?

Imogen: I know men.

My phone buzzes with another text.

Patrick.

Patrick: I've been listening to Fiona Apple all morning.

Imogen: This is dirty talk.

Patrick: Call me and we'll keep talking.

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PATRICK

Imogen texts back right away.

Imogen: I'm on with my sister.

Patrick: And?

Imogen: I have homework.

Patrick: And?

Imogen: You'll enjoy waiting more than I will. Are you home?

Patrick: I have a few hours of work here. After that, I won't sit around waiting.

Imogen: Good. I'd rather catch you when you're in public.

She's good at this. Too good at this.

Imogen: Soon. I promise.

Soon is too far from now. Not because I need to see her, though I do. Not because I want to hear her groan in my ear, though I do.

Because soon leaves time for my thoughts to return, for me to ask myself how long I can keep this to myself.

I need to tell her eventually. But not today, not on the phone, not until I find a way to explain myself.

I can take a few days.

That's reasonable.

I try to clear my head with a sketch session. Then a workout at the fancy gym in Marina Del Rey (they transferred Deidre's membership to me and she'd prepaid for years). A shower. Dinner.

Imogen sends a picture with a note.


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