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Chapter 73: Traveling On

Author: Pandora Spocks
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Chapter 73: Traveling On

The next morning, they flew to Tokyo. Bella reflected once again on how they had become a well-oiled television production machine. She knew the angles Luke preferred, he knew her timing and pace. They had found their routine–arrive in a new city, map out their stories, do the tasks required to make the stories happen, and be open to the serendipitous.

For the most part, the nights were their own. Bella wondered if there was a better situation in which to fall in love. She and Luke were being paid to travel the world, every morning waking up in some exotic location, some luxury hotel suite. She fretted vaguely whether their love would survive a more mundane life, a suburban home with trash day, grocery shopping, picking up dry cleaning…Luke had once mentioned that he wanted a dog. She smiled fondly. Or maybe they could live in the city. New York might be where they could both work. Not that there had been any discussion of living arrangements off the
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