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Let the Light Stay On — He was done hiding the ordinary parts.

Let the Light Stay On

He was done hiding the ordinary parts.

Ajay keeps one hand in his pocket and most conversations at a safe distance. Tara notices his stories before she notices his scar. An ordinary evening becomes a chance to stop performing normal.

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  1. 01
    The hand in his pocket

    Ajay could balance two steel coffee tumblers in one hand. He had practised it long enough that people called it a trick.

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  2. 02
    The story he could choose

    On their first Sunday off together, Tara invited Ajay for coffee on her verandah. He arrived carrying biscuits in a packet he had wrapped in another packet because the first looked too ordinary.

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  3. 03
    An ordinary good evening

    Ajay replaced the tubelight in seven minutes and spent the rest of Sunday pretending it had been a complicated job.

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A little about this story

Ajay keeps one hand in his pocket and most conversations at a safe distance. Tara notices his stories before she notices his scar. An ordinary evening becomes a chance to stop performing normal.

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