Iris arrived on a Saturday with a bag that made it clear that she planned to stay for the weekend, whether I had agreed or not. I had already accepted. I opened the door and let her in. She walked inside and did what she always did in a new place. She stood still in the entryway for a moment and just looked around. The apartment was small, that was the first thing people noticed if they walked in. It wasn't unpleasant, but it was temporary. The kind of place you take while you decide where you are actually going to live. I had been there for six weeks, I did not buy anything extra, and I did not even hang anything on the walls. I did not do any of the small things that make a rented apartment feel like home. The apartment still did not feel like anyone lived there. Iris looked around and said nothing, her eyes went to the counter. She saw the card. For three days I had been moving it from the kitchen counter to the small shelf by the window and back again. I still had not
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