Mafia’s Girlfriend
I found the coffee pot, still warm on the counter-Mara’s work, no doubt-poured a cup and settled myself at the small table, cup held in both hands.
I had four minutes and thirty seconds before Damian appeared.
He paused for the briefest of moments at my presence, then came and went from the counter, pouring a cup of coffee, making my presence at his breakfast table seem utterly unremarkable. He sat, not at the opposite end of the table but one seat too close. I said nothing. He picked up the newspaper he’d brought in and began reading.
We sat in silence for a long time. The morning light, streaking through the window at an angle, the warm coffee, the stillness… it was so intensely ordinary i
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