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Out on the cafe's patio I watched a girl reading a book when a man approached told her he was looking for Jessica asked if that was her. She said no without lifting her eyes from the page of her book.
The next morning I read the paper first page bold letters Dead Girl's Body found a few miles from the cafe. My wife asked if I wanted more coffee without lifting my eyes I said no, bending the paper back into its original fold.
photograph: Peter Johns
