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Singer
84 days with Miles
Kara called while Singer and Miles were sitting in the backyard—now free of Mother—playing with the hose.
“That’s so subversive,” she said. “Aren’t you afraid someone’s going to report you to the police for wasting water?”
“Technically we have a garden we don’t water. So we’re … watering the garden.”
She laughed. “I literally bought vegetable plants last spring so I could justify letting the kids play in the sprinkler. You think we’ll see an El Niño this year?”
“I think if we do it’ll be a catastrophe for anyone living on a hillside, and if we don’t it will be a catastrophe for everyone.”
“Exactly. I’m nominally calling to see when you three would like to come over for a playdate.”
Singer adjusted the direction of the water so Miles wasn’t spraying it
