Notes: For tww100's challege 113, rewind to challenge 110: Les Miz lyrics. Sam's perspective on the last story in Infidelities, but you don't have to read that first.
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I love him but when the night is over
He is gone, the river�s just a river
�California�s not that far,� he whispered against your skin when you left, and you almost believed him.
Now he comes, every few weeks, every month, and he pretends not to notice that you�re trying to make a lifetime out of each night he spends here. For your part, you pretend not to notice the subtle reminders of her on him�the lingering hint of perfume, the paleness around his finger.
You�ve become accustomed to waking to an empty bed and a cold room, and each morning you tell yourself that it hurts less this time.
You�ve always been a terrible liar.