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Cecile clicked the plastic lid onto the latte and passed it across the counter with a smile. The customer smiled back as she took it and stepped away into the chatter of the airport, merging seamlessly into the efficient flow of foot traffic.
Cecile clicked the plastic lid onto the latte and passed it across the counter with a smile. The businesswoman smiled back with the same easy contentment and stepped away into the chatter of the airport, merging seamlessly into the efficient flow of foot traffic.
A cry went up from the arrivals line--"Delphine! Oh Delphine!"--and Cecile looked over. Two women ran towards each other, embracing in tears, clinging to each other with a frantic longing.
A cry went up from the arrivals line: _Delphine! Oh Delphine!_ Two women ran towards each other and embraced, clinging to each other with a frantic longing.
Tears sprang to Cecile's eyes. She suddenly missed Nicole desperately. It had been two months now, with no end to the project in sight, no idea of when she would be home again, curled up in the sofa with Cecile and a shared bottle of red wine...
Cecile's eyes welled up. She suddenly missed Nicole desperately. It had been two months now, no end to the project in sight, no idea of when she would be home again, curled up on the sofa with Cecile and a shared bottle of red...
Contentment trickled across Cecile's body, flowing down and out from the base of her skull, dampening her sadness and returning it to an academic awareness of loneliness that she acknowledged with a gentle smile. The two women in the arrivals queue broke apart, their arms slipping loose from their embrace and dropping to their sides, their broad grins smoothed down to gentle smiles. The same gentle smile as Cecile. The same gentle smile as everyone. Everyone everywhere.
Happiness flooded across Cecile's body, flowing out from the base of her skull, dampening her sadness and leaving it an academic awareness of loneliness, acknowledged with a smile. The two women in arrivals broke apart, arms dropping to their sides, broad grins smoothing down to gentle smiles. The same gentle smile as Cecile. The same easily-maintained, easily-controlled gentle smile as everyone. Everyone everywhere. Always.