[F*** YOU, ERICA! Why does he always get the hard questions? His shoulders slump and he turns away from her, looking out over the room and wishing she hadn't asked that.]
Until just after school starts. I think. I mean, I don't know exactly what day it happens, but by the time they find you...
Okay, so school gets out and the summer and then... okay. It's four months, five... that's - really shitty. [She moves toward the kitchen and gets a glass out, filling it with water from the tap.]
Thank you for telling me. I'm sorry that I had to ask you, but I knew you'd tell me.
[Erica decides against the drink and in an effort to clear out my inbox, the rest of this is just handwaved with some more uncomfortable silence and a bit of small talk before Erica thanks him for coming over, apologizing for making him come over... and then she tells him that he can leave.]
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[F*** YOU, ERICA! Why does he always get the hard questions? His shoulders slump and he turns away from her, looking out over the room and wishing she hadn't asked that.]
Until just after school starts. I think. I mean, I don't know exactly what day it happens, but by the time they find you...
[It was too late.]
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Okay, so school gets out and the summer and then... okay. It's four months, five... that's - really shitty. [She moves toward the kitchen and gets a glass out, filling it with water from the tap.]
Thank you for telling me. I'm sorry that I had to ask you, but I knew you'd tell me.
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[Hey, if she wanted to know, it was her life. Or, end of life. However that worked.]
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Maybe I should have something stronger than water.
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[Yeah, he'd say that hearing the details of your own death were grounds for a shot or twelve.]
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