" I WAS WONDERING WHEN
you were going to turn up again,
99
Regan said.
She had tucked her hair neatly
behind one ear, angling herself
towards him as he approached her.
She had a way of doing that, Aldo
thought; of inviting him into the
geography of the conversation. He
wondered how quickly in life she
had learned that people wanted to
be invited in. "

― Olivie Blake , Alone With You in the Ether