"Hello, Hattie." He set his notebook aside, the page scrawled over and over in shorthand: the same words, Jan's words. "It's not morning, you know." He started to shift, to allow her more room on his bed - he was used to her bony weight on the bed next to him - but she flopped onto him instead and he squeaked in protest.
He almost squeaked again when she smooched him. "H-harley, what're you doing?"
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