[ The hallway outside of her room. The door is closed perfectly shut, the doorknob unturned, not an atom out of place. It's only obvious in the hallway: a single poker chip from outside the manor, rimmed in bright yellow, lying flat against plush carpet. Ten grand, from one of the larger casinos on the strip.
Inside, Jake's on her bed. Like he belongs there, like he never left it. A dark henley and jeans, shoes kicked off, one arm pillowed behind his head, legs stretched out with his ankles crossed over one another. The other hand holding open a book against his stomach, the meat of his palm hiding the title as he reads. He holds it from the top, his middle finger splitting between the pages.
He grins at her the minute she enters. Bright, gleaming. He doesn't even so much as straighten. From a small gap in the curtains, a soft ray of sunlight blooms, catching against the necklace he wears. Gold band, linked through on a silver chain. ]
Hi, honey.
[ How long's it been since he saw her. Couple months, almost a year? No outside calls while he'd been locked up. Not a lot of ones before then, either. A postcard on her birthday, maybe; a call at Christmas, never from the same number. ]
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Inside, Jake's on her bed. Like he belongs there, like he never left it. A dark henley and jeans, shoes kicked off, one arm pillowed behind his head, legs stretched out with his ankles crossed over one another. The other hand holding open a book against his stomach, the meat of his palm hiding the title as he reads. He holds it from the top, his middle finger splitting between the pages.
He grins at her the minute she enters. Bright, gleaming. He doesn't even so much as straighten. From a small gap in the curtains, a soft ray of sunlight blooms, catching against the necklace he wears. Gold band, linked through on a silver chain. ]
Hi, honey.
[ How long's it been since he saw her. Couple months, almost a year? No outside calls while he'd been locked up. Not a lot of ones before then, either. A postcard on her birthday, maybe; a call at Christmas, never from the same number. ]