"And if you want, I will tell you right now, play by play exactly what Carl and I have been getting up to."
"You don't mean to say..."
"I mean to say, that one of us lies on the bed, the other sits on a chair, and we eat snacks and talk and tell each other jokes, and I read to him from the diary of a close friend of mine who died by suicide."
"I am so sorry..."
"Nothing to be sorry about. Then we give each other a hug, and we go to bed. Separately."
"And that's all?"
"Right now, anyway."
"And you trust him?"
"So far I am finding Carl to be one of the most trustworthy persons I have ever known. Even though we've known each other for three days, I can see myself spending the rest of my life with him.
"The rest of your life!"
"Well, I think it is quite a bit early to be thinking about marriage, but I could still see myself living here full time and making a life with both Carl and Melissa..."
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