happened. He sat beside me. Put one arm around my shoulders. Waited. ” Marcos exhaled through his nose. ” He turned toward me. ” I looked at him. He didn’t offer himself. He didn’t immediately tell me what to do. He simply said it again. ” The next morning, Marcos made scrambled eggs with chives from the planter he somehow kept alive despite forgetting to water nearly everything else. We sat across from each other at the kitchen table. ” “I told you. ” I waited. He drank coffee. ” I stared at him. ” Marcos looked at
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