Night of shades
When she did she saw he was wearing black Chuck Taylors today—real ones, not off-brand like hers.
Of course, he has a job, she thought. He can buy whatever he wants.
He was staring at her and his expectant smile was starting to fade around the edges. She realized she’d never answered him.
“Um, yeah,” she said. “Loads better.”
He wore a white T-shirt with a black-and-white photo of a soldier repeated four times on it in a square. On the side it read THE SMITHS in big black capital letters.
“What’s that? Some kind of ad for the town?” she asked, pointing at his shirt.
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