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Chapter 16: Smoke to forget
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I light my cigarette at the bar, take a deep drag, and let out the smoke slowly. The bartender watches me and shuts up.
"Stop looking at me like I have four heads and twenty pairs of eyes," I blurt out after a while.
“Excuse me. I really didn't mean to bother you, but the thing is ... You and Mr. Santiago went in together — you stammer, perhaps not because you have that condition, but because you know you are crossing the line.
"What happens with me and with ... Mr. Santiago is not in your interest." "His name bothers me when I say it."
"I know not, but you are the first woman to enter with him and to leave alone just an hour later."
The guy is a first”rate gossip.
I wouldn't mind knowing more about that idiot I left in the bedroom. I don't mind the fact that he counted the hours I was in the bedroom with Santiago. I imagine that, having few clients at this time, it was
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