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Brian had only slept in the apartment six nights and was already getting jittery. He lived near the coast but had yet to make it out to the seafront. He went on a walk around the local area to see what he could discover. He never found the seafront and wound up in the town centre, via some roundabout way. Still, he stumbled upon an independent coffee shop with a lot of character. You could tell they were big on health from the kale chips, organic single-origin coffee, and gluten-free treats. Cute barista, too, with a nose ring and pink hair which seemed pretty out-there for what was otherwise a small conservative town. But Brian wasn’t interested in the girl with pink hair—‘Lexie’ according to her nametag. She was a little on the young side, and besides he felt attached to Her. They’d s
