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Anatoly Gringovitch sat in the police car returning him to the Opera House.
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Ben’s tactic for diverting Monique’s thoughts from the encounter with Zoë and the horrific episode in his dressing room was to dance, dance, dance.
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The Gringovitch family was gathered in the lobby of the hotel. The boys sat on the floor using their packs as back supports. Francesca Gringovitch sat on a chair with the remaining luggage in front of her.
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Ben left the airport and headed toward downtown Nice, his stomach was in a knot.
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It was that awkward time when one didn’t know if the night’s lover wanted to see you again.
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Ben considered his options in the taxi to Charles De Gaulle airport.
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The pawnbroker sat behind bulletproof glass at the rear of the display area, a veritable potentate of hope and cash, exchanging expendable items for derisory cash.
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It was the first warm day of a late-arriving spring. Ben was sitting in his divorce lawyer’s office on Maiden Lane in lower Manhattan.
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—David, I wish you would give up smoking, said Michiko watching David tamp down a pack of Camels on the back of his wrist.
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He arrived at Bellevue hospital in a straight jacket bound to a gurney.
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When the cab dropped Frank at his address at seven that evening, he noticed the lights were on in Michiko’s apartment.
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Frank met Angelique Brody on the street in front of his building.
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Frank kept looking over at Michiko’s loft.
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—So much for a cocktail at the tender hour of twilight, he told the empty beer bottle.
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Michiko stood in front of Steinway Hall on West 57th Street.
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