HIS MISTRESS, MY REVENGE
Carrying the notebook, because Noah carried the notebook everywhere including to breakfast, which had stopped surprising me some time ago.
He sat at the table.
I put cereal in front of him.
He ate three spoonfuls in silence, which was his processing interval, and then looked up.
"The old woman cried," he said.
"She made a sound," I said.
"It was crying," he said. "Small crying. The kind people do when they are trying not to." He considered his cereal. "Her earrings were genuinely excellent though. I was not just saying it."
"I know," I said.
"Pearl is underrated," he said. "People always go for diamonds but pearl has a quiet confidence that I respect."
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