Gloom

Chapter 275

I turned to Claire when we were alone. She was still smiling.

"Your friends are very nice," he told me, shrugging his shoulders.

"Yes, they are," I agreed. I felt something similar to a cramp in my cheeks. She had been smiling longer than she was used to.

—Does anyone know anything? she asked, with sudden caution. Any of… that ?

-Nothing. —A stern edge crept into my tone—. Neither. And I want to keep it that way, please.

She nodded slowly, looking down at the ground.

—Don't you wear glasses anymore? —I asked the question only because I wanted to talk about something more banal, like the rest of that day.

The whole day was calm. Current , like nothing had been in a long time. Nothing out of the ordinary happened, and when we left work Diana and I found Dave and Claire waiting for us outside the cafe to go to the movies. He wished the day would end the same way.

"Contact lenses, Amy," she replied, laughing.

— Oh … —A silly giggle of pure embarrassment escaped me—. And here I thought you