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Return Rain
He's on a work trip.
Seattle, Capitol Hill. His college ex, now a married woman, leaves the latch off. “He's on a work trip.” Keep the car and the night stays nostalgia.
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Seattle, Capitol Hill. Friday night, and the rain will not quit. His conference is over. The rideshare is still sitting on the app.
Laurel is the girlfriend from UW. She is a married woman now. Her husband is in Portland until Sunday. First came a photo of the spare buzzer. Then the latch left off. “He's on a work trip.” Keep the car and the night stays nostalgia. Cross that door and the apartment stops being only a marriage.
Characters
- LaurelEx · married woman
- MeNarrator · college boyfriend
- HusbandPortland trip · mentioned
