Mandy gets the heels off the minute she’s in the door, doesn’t bother leaving the porch light on–Katja won’t be back tonight–and there’s a knock.<\/p>\n
Her fingers on the door screen: he’s swaying on the porch, but she knows he’s not really drunk. He’ll have just enough medication to let himself do this. Just enough to forget his girlfriend, tonight.<\/p>\n
What’s the ugly phrase dangling between them, she wonders. “Second place?” “Fallback?” “A bit on the side?”<\/p>\n
Some things are so obvious there are no words for them. Truths, or consequences.<\/p>\n
She opens the door and lets him in.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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