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Summary
Sometimes Alexi asks her what she’ll do when she leaves, as though that will be enough to make her stay.
“See the world,” she tells him, stealing his cigarette and rolling closer to him in the grass. Her hand waves at the canopy of trees above them and another butterfly flits past. Rosie’s eyes track it for a moment before coming back to him.
“All of it,” she adds solemnly and lets Alexi kiss her, her mouth opening like a cradle under his. The nicotine stains their kiss, turns it sour, but Alexi hangs on until Rosie breaks free gasping for breath. He doesn’t like the way she seems to gulp for breath after a simple kiss but she settles after a moment, curling back under his arm. “Los Angeles,” she says. “Then maybe further south.”
“You’ll write, won’t you?” he asks and when she hums a yes, he knows it’s a lie, even if she doesn’t mean it that way.
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