We adored her; she was so lovely, dark red hair like rose leaves… Do you look like her? Charlotte asked. What you have said is a shock to me. And so imperative, that desire. Then she realised what he had said and leapt off the sofa as if she had been scalded.
The more difficult you make this for me, the more difficult you make it for Charlotte. They walked for five minutes before Karl turned and ascended a flight of steps to a house. He slid an arm across her shoulders, fingers stroking her neck. He sat very still as he spoke, and more than ever she had the sense of him as an alien creature, something beyond her comprehension.
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