The Guncle by Steven Rowley

Author:Steven Rowley [Rowley, Steven]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2021-05-25T00:00:00+00:00

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“Laugh,” Patrick had said as he focused his camera on Sara. The sad truth of “magic hour” was that it was a misnomer; it lasted only a few perfect minutes.

“Why?” she asked.

“Why? Because we just broke onto the roof. We should look like outlaws.”

“Jesse James laughed?”

“He laughed in the face of authority!”

Sara sneered at him. “Some outlaws we are. We were stuck in the stairwell for an hour.”

“Well, that was my fault,” Patrick admitted. “Doorknobs confuse me.”

Sara looked at her new friend with awe. “You’re so dumb and you’re going to be rewarded for it, because dumb men fail upward.”

“Would you just laugh?” he implored.

“It’s not funny.”

Patrick rolled his eyes. “Fake laugh, then. Like I’m fake crying.”

Since the light was on her face, Patrick was backlit and she couldn’t quite make out the expression on his, especially as it was blocked by the camera. “I hate you.”

“You love me.”

“I hate you because I love you.” She laughed for real and Patrick snapped the picture.

“That one’s going in a frame.”

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