I yelled. I made cutting sarcastic remarks. I brought her close to tears. Who’s bitter? I asked. But she was always smart. You are, she said.

The rain wouldn’t stop. I complained and she opened two beers and said, Let’s see what happens. And we drank our beers and nothing happened.

He builds a wall made of meat and she says, That’s not funny, and he says, How’d you get through my spam filter? and she doesn’t even smile.

She answers the phone and before he can speak she says, I didn’t take it. How did she know? he thinks, frightened. While she fondles his key.