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Episode Thirteen: Give Me one ReasonBowie adored every movement of Lila’s face beneath the shadows, his favorite time of night. The cold cement wasn’t a deterrent as he sat beside her, inhaling the scent of coffee flirting with the drug store perfume that was her greatest shame."I told Jesse I would buy him a star one day," she pointed to the sky. "I like that one; he should have the one that shines brightest." "You really believe you can buy the universe, don’t you?" "You can buy anything, Jesse understands that and he’s not even two yet. Fifties stuff just doesn’t play now, rolling cigarettes up your sleeve doesn’t make you rough." "Ah, so I’m naive now, huh?" Bowie crushed the cigarette he had been about to light, his only vice other than Lila. "Don’t take such offence, in a lot of ways you’re truly poetic, it’s just that over on your left shoulder Wally Cleaver is looming and-" Lila’s attention drifted to Bas, entering the store like he owned the place, her face grew wistful in the twilight. "He doesn’t know you’re alive." Bowie felt like his chest would implode. Lila stood angrily. "That’s not fair, a person can’t pick who they fall for." "You’re not in love with him;" Bowie was an intimate inch from her. "You are afraid. I scare you and so does my lousy savings account." "I dream about him." She insisted, like that was the ace in their little card game. "But I’m the one here beside you and I won’t let you forget." Bowie pressed his lips to Lila’s and she was desperate to steady her knees. |
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