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n I joined her, Yuka Haneda curled up against
me and slept, dead to the world.
I awoke in a bit of a panic - Ana was gone. It was eleven
o'clock. I looked at the night stand, and saw that the alarm
clock was set for eleven-fifteen. Yuka Haneda had obviously remembered
to set the clock for me before going to work, and it was time
for me to get my act together.
On the way to the door, I passed through the living room and
noticed no sign of the previous evening's activity - Yuka Haneda must
have gotten up early to put everything away - we couldn't have
gotten to bed before four!
Then, I noticed the coffee table. On it, in the exact spot
where Ana had seemed to reach nirvana a few hours before, were a
new blue candle, a small pile of playing cards, and a note. I
looked at the cards: three queens and two jacks - a full house,
queens over.
I read the note - it said "je was geweldig, schat - tot mijn
buurt vanavond".
"You were wonderful, darling - until my turn tonight!" maybe
Friday wouldn't be as dull as usual after all!
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