for this guy Steve。 He had to run back inside。？
Nice play； Shakespeare。
？Whew；？ she exhaled； fanning the air with her hands。 ？Smoking is just terrible for you。？
？Oh； I know；？ Dan agreed earnestly； wiping his hands on his faded green cords。 ？It？s really bad。？
？I？m so glad I ran into you！？ Bree hopped up onto the ledge and started swinging her legs like a
kid who has to pee but doesn？t want to get off the swing。 ？I wanted to tell you how much I
likedSiddhartha 。？
？Yeah？ That？s great。 I was actually just rereading it myself。？
？Really？ What a funny coincidence！？
Right。 Coincidence。
？So you thought the book was interesting？？ Dan asked； crossing his legs in a way he hoped
looked quasi…intellectual and quasi…athletic。 ？What are you thinking of reading next？？
？Well； I？m going to read a book my yogi has been working on。 It？s about improving the way the
brain municates with the other organs in the body by meditating and doing yoga and chanting。
There are； like； fifty chapters and most of them are a hundred pages long。 He？s been writing it for；
like； eleven years； and he？s going to try and have it published this year and he asked me to look at
it for him。 Me！ Imagine！ It？s such an honor。？
An honor？ Sounds more like a pain in her well…yogacized ass。
？Anyway； I have to confess；？ she went on； looking Dan right in the eye。 ？I didn？t just e by to
talk books。？
？You didn？t？？
She didn？t？
Dan blushed and looked down at the ground； kicking idly at the cigarette butt he？d claimed
wasn？t his。 He wished he had it back。
？No； I wanted to see if you？d be interested in getting together sometime。 I know that might
sound ki