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Neil was noncommittal. He glanced back down at the personals section Matt had asked him about.
“Any interesting ones?” Kevin asked, for lack of anything else.
Neil hummed, then suddenly sat up. “Oh, this one I guess. By some guy named Aaron. ‘Do you remember me? I was wearing a green cardigan and blond, you a yellow sundress and ginger. We reached for the same carton of eggs at the grocery store. I feel like we had a moment as we locked eyes, but I was too nervous to talk to you.’ Then he gives out his phone number. What a loser.”
Kevin snorted. “Loser,” he agreed. Then: “We should call him.”
When Neil sees a lame column on the personals section from some guy named Aaron, he and Kevin call the number in an offhand attempt to cure their chronic boredom.
The last thing they expect is to see the guy again in a garage sale, but the more Neil finds out about this Aaron—or is it Andrew—the more curious he gets. The farther he gets into the tangle of Andrew's life, the less he finds himself willing to leave. He just doesn't know how far he's willing to continue the lie he started with.
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“—I found a pregnancy test in the bathroom.”
The entire room went dead silent. From the corner of his eye, Laurent saw Ancel’s eyes widen.
“Who—"
Laurent grit his teeth. “It’s mine.”
The shattering of a plate sounded out from behind him. Something in Laurent’s stomach dropped like stone.
He turned around to see Damen standing there, hands hovering slightly in midair like he was still holding onto the plate. He dropped them when his eyes met Laurent’s.
“You’re pregnant?” Damen asked blankly.
or: Berenger finds a pregnancy test. Laurent takes one for the team.
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And there it was.
Sitting innocuously on page 26, was a photo strip that looked it had been taken from a photo booth.
On the right, Nicaise absently recognized Damen. He was maybe a few years younger, and a lot more happy. His face was practically glowing in contentment.
On the left—
On the left was Laurent. Also younger, also happy.
or: Nicaise buys some secondhand textbooks for cheap. He just hadn’t expected to find a photo of Laurent and a stranger together in it.