CentaursandLovers06

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later, a service, station. fast, a adrenaline.

"Slow down," said. up.
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; \: N7 i+ H. _"Service over. You're restocking, serving. pace." a second. a breath. hadn't she'd it. wasn't people. a floor, required, it. touching. A ear. it. didn't away. hands.
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"How it?" said, up.
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- h5 B; Y+ A7 M) T, |"Do what?"

"All it." required, occupied. "Stay level. " stopped. again, tightened, go.

"I I " didn't either. quiet, a it. hall, bussed, it, closer, Nichole's breathing. Angela's face.
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"Does easier?" didn't immediately. a Nichole's floor, swallowed.

"You it," finally. "That's thing." laughed, tired, inch. "That's helpful. Somehow."

6 S  {8 B! X1 L& }7 }6 W2 f) N"Good." out. it. anyway, briefly, linen. first.

, P0 D/ O6 j$ ~- ?& D0 o3 q$ x"Fold these," said, shelf, start.
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, a4 }( Y, O% U" Y' o*** a service, competence. her. didn't so. a a said: I coming, I it, you're welcome, respond. months. corridor.

"Thank you," said. shrugged. "You it."
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"That's point." a recognition. "Okay," said. "You're welcome."
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Once, December, out. night, coats, a midnight. said: "Can I something?"

"Yes."
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"How here? Alderton."
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"Long enough."
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9 @; F& C2 p2 e! w9 c! u9 O"Is " paused. "Is enough? you?" street. a question, agenda.
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8 @# p8 S, i: c5 i8 `! M' c8 ]"I don't yet," said. slowly. "You be," said. "Enough, I mean. manageable." her. smiled, it. "Sorry. shift."
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, j: {1 A% p! D. R"Don't apologize," said. it. didn't meant. wasn't car.
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*** seven. unhurried, evening. woman's attention. that, time. up. outside, a her. service, station. her, weren't linen. a said, "There a earlier. service. I " stopped. napkin, it, palm.

! f3 j; ~7 H) ~: h"I didn't it." shakers. Didn't yet. "What do?"
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"I away."
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"Then knew." this, consideration happen.
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, z  _* p$ m. c) r' ~"I I wanted," said. "I didn't meant." salt. A answered, why.
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$ Q5 a( ~" m4 N4 C, c9 j$ ["Those thing," said. "His response." twice, she'd it. "Can I something?"

"You ask."
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"Why kiss?" Angela, tell. "I what's it? getting?" a required.

; f) z( D! x/ |1 \2 p5 v1 q- k/ e"That's question," said. waited. She'd now.

"When I I " she'd intended. "It's I'm getting. that. A first. small." over, to, Nichole's night, spot. "Your shoulder. arm. Here." didn't yet. "And watch." didn't back. changed. Angela's fingers, quick.
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"If back," said, "that's answer." didn't hand.
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"If don't " there, unfinished, unfinished, a all. hall. first. counter, wouldn't spill.

"That's a answer," said, hadn't it. "You closer."

/ C/ M/ ^0 P3 KNichole's voice, came, before. "And then?"
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"And you're you're getting." again, hand. "You're you're sharing. it's you." down. "The reciprocity. That's point." a moment. up, weren't steady, needed.

"And isn't," said. her.

; Q. m' y: j7 [! \/ \% f"You like," said.

"Yes," said. "From direction." a moment. a hadn't before.
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"Angela." name. it, it, it. was. months, moment. Renard's up. them, wrote, she'd April. it, clearly, a a half, forward, distance, direction. kiss, happened, wasn't was. Nicole's Angela's chest, person. surprised, hadn't a work, anywhere. didn't long. apart, Nichole's Angela's a second, they'd heavy.

"That's a answer," quietly, them. "Is it?"

"No," said. "That's one." again. hall, a scraped, loud. first. she'd twice.
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+ X  |5 p" C% {& o9 o"Go home," said. felt, was, thought, a a habit, a difference. didn't away. coat.
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"Angela."

1 Y6 U  ?! P8 k" P* t: l% A"Don't," said. "Not tonight. home." second, couldn't read. left. a after, hand, anything.

*** didn't her. arranged, promised't a a conversation. week, arranging, it, fewer. noticed. back, a Angela, to, easily, it. something. spoke, a didn't yet.
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: S& p( m0 ~5 T+ ^"Hey," said.
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"Hey." exchange. went. Thursday, reasons. section, well, , "excuse me" a all, didn't know. best. her, a write, a file, a didn't this. didn't didn't again. looked, didn't closely, professionalism.
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9 C- @) V2 \( h9 `5 cFriday, service, time, together, a anyway, didn't restocking, happened, wasn't herself. didn't come. hadn't a ago, else's dark, wasn't. A time. a she'd else's own. A "oh, that's nice", delighted, a remembering, happening, a distance, watching, take. end. anyway. surprised, afterward, away, concluded, a satisfied, a once. didn't way. a folded, wait. instead, hall, easy, unguarded, a it, hadn't hadn't she'd was, else. again. herself, again, best, home, her. Saturday, yesterday's blouse.

*** 8:14 Alderton's lounge, happened. she'd yesterday. yesterday. a up, entrance. was, always, beautiful. a visible, recognizable, a it. seconds.
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% ~& X, v1 s6 p9 s- r"Is " began.
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! l) u3 B) F$ H4 |% ?" X6 O' M  R"It is," Cara.

"Nichole." Marcus, hotel's year. "Big night?" shifted. it. Marcus, there. she'd before. room. tablecloth. happened. to, afterward, fine. locker. seven, she'd for. nothing. worse. Nichole's waiting. a else. stop. section. shift. it. service, way. morning. morning. , kind, both, reasons, alone. said: "She's good, know. Nichole."

4 S6 r  N# J  K" K; S: M"I know," said.

"Going good."
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"Yes." then, briefly. evening, couldn't read, didn't about. left. a moment. she'd man. it. didn't way, asked, now. light.

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"You right?"
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"I'm fine." Flat. fine, before, moments, a a Friday.
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"I didn't yesterday. lounge." ahead. "I worse. true." quiet. "What part?"
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5 k9 U: `) U! ]8 g9 `"I didn't me." corridor. footsteps. to. said: "At that." wasn't wasn't bitterness. either. so.

4 b% Q& ~( t4 r0 m' Y"Doesn't better," said.

"No," agreed. "But it's something." it. way. acknowledgment, excess, her. directly. months, everything, a it. afterward. been, Nichole, clearly, room, flinching. safe. Angela's protection. discovered, 8:14 morning, wasn't. entirely, other, here. didn't this. was, always, it.
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*** a times, cordial, handled. hadn't genuinely, alone. she'd service. who'd on. recalibrating. a she'd thought, it. honest. She'd honest. didn't later. then. phone, down. unrelated. wasn't unrelated. pocket. desk.
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