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Friends – 2
‘You’re lying!’ I got up – a eureka moment. I brandished my sudoku accusingly at her. ‘You don’t fantasise about me. You’re just trying to distract me while you pocket pieces of my fruit!’ ‘Ha, ha!’ Anna lunged toward me, ripped the sudoku away. ‘Give me a tomato!’ ‘You’re mad!’ We scuffled. ‘Gimme that back!…
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Friends
Anna inched toward the fruit bowl. Nine oranges were arranged neatly in a pile. ‘I too have a secret,’ she said. ‘Oh?’ I braced myself against the fridge, ready to receive her secret. ‘Yes, Ivan, I…’ She quickly plucked a golden orange from the heap, pocketed it. ‘I fantasise about your stubble.’ ‘My stubble?’ ‘Yes,…
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Fourteen two. Encounter – 6
‘And?’ He looked away like he was about to have a needle stuck in him. ‘The most terrible thing. I told her the story and . . . she had no clue what I was on about. “Charles, I have no fucking clue what you’re on about,” she said. ‘Then some nasty little impulse took…
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Fourteen two. Encounter – 5
‘One day a man comes to her office. Anthony Kovacs—Hungarian-by-heritage, self-made millionaire. He owns a successful cinema chain but due to declining profits, retires from chasing skirt. He wants to take a more active role in his company, return its former glory. Trouble is Kovacs is a literary man; he’s only seen seven films in…
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Fourteen two. Encounter – 4
‘I thought about that comment for two whole weeks,’ he said, still facing forward. ‘She’s wonderful, that girl. Love everything about her. But can I really be with someone who is destitute of opinion? When we’re together, it’s all I think about!’ Charles took a deep breath. The bartender and I looked at each other.…
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Fourteen two. Encounter – 3
Charles’ face lit up with delight. ‘There she was, standing there. Beautiful. Her beautiful red hair and pale skin. Glowing almost. I put my bread through and then my heart stopped. She’s standing maybe four or three metres away. “Abbey” (her name was written on her name badge). “Abbey, you’re beautiful and I love you.…
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Fourteen two. Encounter – 2
‘Well?’ ‘None of it makes sense, William. Nada!’ Charles swiped a jar of cutlery that crashed onto the floor. A couple playing trivia turned and glared. Some of Charles’ spit had flown and settled on the rim of my glass. He tried to calm himself. ‘Willy, I want to tell you a story. You must…
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We decided to walk to her place and watch a movie. I can’t remember what we talked about on the way, but at one point, I flew feverishly into recounting a scene from a film I had seen once. The film tells the story of a man who is mistakenly accused of molesting a child. The…
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PART III: Stains At some point she decided to abandon her project, asking me to come with her into Vicky’s bedroom, just the two of us. One thing I should mention about Vicky was that she was extremely finicky about stains and she had even told me once that she had been diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive…
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‘$12,000! That’s incredible!’ I exclaimed. He nodded. ‘Yeah, you gotta make sure you massage ‘em regularly for a while after the surgery.’ We all laughed at that. After a little while, it was our stop and so she and I got off the train. We crossed a few lonely suburban streets to our mutual friend…