'That's a lovely thing to say.'
'It's true,' I said.
'And I've learned a great deal from you. ' she said.
'We stick with each other long enough, and we may get smart as hell,' I said.
Susan reached out with her left hand and took hold of mine. We sat across from each other and held hands and drank our whisky. It was dark now. I could barely see her across from me. But I could feel her intangible energy.
After a while Susan said, 'Even if we don't.'
And after another while I said, 'Even if.'
And then we were perfectly quiet, nearly invisible in the dark.
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