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There's just enough room for a desk, a bed, and a tiny table for two. Maybe two chairs on the balcony. Not that anyone will want to sit there come November.
How am I going to survive winter?
Snow.
Cold.
What if there's a blizzard?
It would be the perfect opportunity to stay inside with someone. Only there's no someone. Not in the Empire State.
Dad takes his own picture, sends it to Mom, loses himself in a text thread.
I check the bathroom. Also small but nice. The shower has room for two. Though shower sex is never as fun in reality as it is in fantasy. The water washes away all the natural lubricant. And the slippery floor makes it hard to get a good grip.
Not that I'm planning to take anyone back here. Not anytime soon.
But eventually… I can't spend my entire time in New York pining for my temporary husband.
I meet Dad in the hallway.
He motions to the front wall. "Good place for aMatrixposter."
"Don't even." Levity returns to my voice. Thank god Dad is here. I'd be a puddle on the floor without his bad jokes.
"Don't send you framed posters of all fourMatrixmovies?" He pats me on the shoulder. "If you tell me which posters you'd prefer maybe."
"What if I want bare walls?"
"Bare walls are for prisoners."
Yeah. That sounds right.
"I know it's hard, Daph, but you'll be great." He doesn't specify which part is hard. We haven't really talked about my accidental wedding. I saidit's over, I don't want to discuss itand Mom and Dad—
Well, they didn't respect it, exactly.
But they stopped pressing after a few days.
Mostly.
"And I'll visit all the time," Dad says. "Mom and I will pay for an extra bedroom…"
"That will be great when I have threesomes," I say. "It's hard to sleep three in one bed."
"Not really," he says.
Ew. Gross. My nose scrunches.
"You think you can out-slut your old man?" He shoots me apleaselook I usually see on Damon. "No way in hell."
"Doesn't that bother Mom?" I ask. "That you've been with so many people?" She's never mentioned her number, but I know they got together when she was young. He might have been her first. Her only.
Or they might be swinging.
With Jackson's parents.
No.
