“Now take off those fake sunglasses and look at me.’ ‘How did you know they were fake?’ she asks curiously, momentarily diverted. ‘They’re really good quality fakes! I couldn’t tell.’ ‘I know they’re fakes because you’re wearing them.’ ‘And I have a tendency to gravitate toward fakes,’ she replies, her voice shaking a little, glasses still firmly in place. ‘I realize that now.”
