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“It’s horrible,” she said to the man, meaning it.

He breathed out, the sound jittery and tentative, as if breath itself were likely to disappear.

As Fabian watched him, listened to his words, she felt something happen in her body. At first it was like she was going to burst into panic, but then the push of adrenaline turned into warmth, filling her body with feeling, and then she was washed with a slight desire, the same that she’d had the day before as he’d slept against her body while she read to him on the sofa. Her mouth opened before she could think, the same problem she’d had in school, but instead of smarting off to a teacher, she said, “Do you want me to stay here with you? I mean, sleep here with you?”

Without pause, he said, “Yes.”