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Sunday. Vivian's dining room, the long light.
The chessboard table had been laid for four and set for five, which was Vivian's way of telling you somebody had disappointed her before you arrived.
"Andrew's wife has a migraine," Vivian said, moving the fifth glass to the sideboard herself. "She has one most Sundays. I've stopped minding."
She was in the gray, with the pearls. She kissed Maya on both cheeks and held her by the upper arms a moment longer than the kiss needed, the way she always did, looking at her the way you look at a coat you are deciding to buy.
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