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A Figure Like That<br />

THIRTY-TWO<br />

It was the middle of the afternoon and in a<br />

café to the side of the Sydney Opera house,<br />

Olivia stood elegantly at a bar drinking her iced<br />

coffee when another man appeared by her<br />

side. She flattered her dainty right hand at him<br />

without even looking or saying anything but she<br />

felt the presence of him leaving just as quickly;<br />

standing tall as he walked back to his seat while<br />

trying to look as if he had not just got<br />

completely shot down by the most beautiful<br />

woman in the bar. She was so bored of this<br />

game. Although her body was still young, her<br />

mind was old and she really missed Frances.<br />

When he had passed away in Saudi Arabia she<br />

had elegantly vanished; at first she went to<br />

Nairobi where she taught science and maths to<br />

disabled children but because she didn’t age,<br />

she couldn’t stick around at any particular place<br />

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