"So how'd you meet him?" Brian found himself asking before he could contain himself. Nora didn't look up from her coffee but instead just kept stirring.
"I thought we weren't going to talk about them." Nora said. She smiled to herself thinking how they were each some alternate version of themselves-both hiding worlds from each other that only she knew they shared.
"I'm sorry. You're right." Brian said, trying to focus. He had no idea why he had brought it up. After all, Beatrice was beautiful but what he wanted wasn't some spiritual meeting.
"I met him when I was a kid- he's an old family friend." Nora said, a few minutes later. "what about you? How did you meet her?" Brian took a sip of coffee and looked out the window. They were at a cafe just off of Rockefeller and there were coupl
