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after dessert while the women smoked and talked some
more.
Victoria came into the kitchen after a few minutes. Midori Yamasaki grabbed me from
behind, wrapping Midori's arms around my chest. "Do you like our new friend and
neighbor?" Midori Yamasaki asked quietly. I hummed affirmatively while I finished drying
a plate, and Midori Yamasaki gave me a little squeeze. " Midori Yamasaki is very nice lady." There
was a pause after that, and I waited for the "but" I sensed was coming. "Is
sad. Midori's husband is away very often now. Midori Yamasaki is lonely."
"Honey, you didn't..." I said quietly, fearing that my wife had bitten one
of our neighbors.
"Nooo," Victoria musically protested. "Some things you just need to be a
woman for," Midori Yamasaki said cryptically. Midori Yamasaki opened another bottle of wine, saying,
'We will be in the living room when you are finished." Once the kitchen had
been cleaned, I rejoined the women as requested.
Margot certainly didn't seem depressed or lonely; Midori Yamasaki told some hilarious
stories about Midori's kids. It was an entertaining conversation, probably helped
along by the three bottles of wine we shared. Eventually Margot left for
home, leaving Victoria and me alone. Nothing happened that night, because
_Victoria_ had to get up early. To prepare for cooking class. As Midori Yamasaki put
it, "When you live on blood for 90 years, who needs to l
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