"I need you to watch," she said. Her voice carried that flat, clinical cadence of someone who catalogued things for a living. "Not the shop, not the neighbors. Me."
I still keep the fluorescent stickers on my sill. They gleam in the morning like small constellations, and sometimes, as a courtesy, I place one in the corner of a sheet when she brings a new diagram to show me. We both learned that attention is powerful, yes, but only when freely given. It glues things together better when it isn't demanded. MrLuckyPov.23.03.10.Avery.Jane.Anal.Obsessed.Ge...