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" After the incident with Josh on Wednesday, I was upset. Upset and angry and trying to get through the rest of the week unscathed.  And of course, I wanted to talk to Susan about what had gone down, but I couldn&amp;#039;t seem to reach her, which surprised me. I left her a message and sent her a few e-mails.  When I didn&amp;#039;t hear back by the weekend, I was actually getting kind of worried about her.  So, last night, I decided to go over to Annie&amp;#039;s and see if she had decided to go to Scrabble night and keep Sam company.  But when I got there, there was no Susan. Sam saw me walk in, though, and motioned for me to come over to his table.  &amp;quot;Hey there,&amp;quot; he said, turning his attention to me.  &amp;quot;Hey.&amp;quot;  He gave me a careful look. &amp;quot;How are you feeling?&amp;quot;  The question was loaded in a way that I knew Susan had told him everything \u2014 or enough of everything that I wasn&amp;#039;t going to have to go through it with him. This felt like a relief.  I shrugged. &amp;quot;You know\u2026&amp;quot; He offered me one of his kind smiles. &amp;quot;Yeah\u2026I know. I do.&amp;quot;  I smiled back at him. I hadn&amp;#039;t seen Sam in a little while, and he looked cute. He looked more than cute: He had grown a beard and was wearing army pants and a white T-shirt. He looked great. I started to tell him so, to say that Susan was absolutely agreeing with him, when he interrupted me.  &amp;quot;Thanks, but\u2026we&amp;#039;re actually not together anymore.&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;What?&amp;quot; I was so confused, I was certain I had heard him wrong. &amp;quot;That doesn&amp;#039;t seem\u2026 I just saw her a week ago. She was saying that everything was great.&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;We broke up this week. It was the right thing.&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;But\u2026why? Why, Sam?&amp;quot;  But before he could answer, the manager came over and said that she needed him. And with a squeeze of my shoulder, he got up.  &amp;quot;Can we talk about this later? I&amp;#039;ll explain, but I can&amp;#039;t do it right now.&amp;quot;  I was in total shock. &amp;quot;I guess.&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;How about we have dinner on Tuesday? If that works for you. I can explain everything. And you can tell me about what\u2026well, you can tell me whatever you want.&amp;quot;  All of a sudden, I was worried. I was worried that I could have something to do with this.  &amp;quot;I can&amp;#039;t Tuesday. Weeknights are crazy right now. I try to have dinner every night with Jackson and his girlfriend.&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;Then lunch? Next weekend? Maybe Saturday? We can go for a walk. I am not taking no for an answer.&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;Maybe,&amp;quot; I said, still kind of in shock. &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;ll see.&amp;quot;  He squeezed my shoulder one more time, giving me another smile.  &amp;quot;Great, see you Saturday,&amp;quot; he said.  And he walked away. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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