“That’s a relief.” “Yeah.” “Isn’t it beautiful?” she asked him, staring up at that clear sky full of constellations.
“What?” “The galaxy.” “Yes.” He was on his phone and didn’t say very much.
And then he put his phone down and still didn’t say much. She had known three types of silence in relationships.
There was passive- aggressive silence, obviously, there was the we-no-longer-have-anything-to- say silence,
and then there was the silence that Eduardo and she seemed to have cultivated.
The silence of not needing to talk. Of just being together, of together-being.
The way you could be happily silent with yourself. But still, she wanted to talk.
We’re happy, aren’t we?” “Why the question?” “Oh, I know we are happy. I just like to hear you say it sometimes.” “We’re happy, Nora.
She sipped her wine and looked at her husband. He was wearing a sweater even though it was perfectly mild.
They stayed there a while and then he went to bed before her.
I’m just going to stay out here for a while.Eduardo seemed fine with that, and sloped off after planting a small kiss on the top of her head.
She stepped out with her glass of wine and walked among the moonlit vines. She stared at the clear sky full of stars.
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