Matthew Salesses
“Do I look cute?” she asks. “Okay,” I say. “I like it.” We watch a Chinese movie about two music students who fall in love, the girl about to die, called Secret. We aren’t able to finish it because she feels sick to her stomach—the new medicine is too strong, and she says she is depressed about her hair. 7. If I rethink posting this essay online, I suppose I am a little worried. This whole project will test me on the asshole-o-meter, as I’ve already done so much to hurt her I can’t say anything now that could be taken the wrong way. 8. Cathreen makes me catch the cat and hold him while she brushes him.
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