Looking Out for Number Two

Emily has dropp to next to the first place in the list of popular baby names. She came into the Internet café to google herself. She has sufficiency of time, it’s pooling inside her; plus the stay one screen over is cute He direct the eyes familiar. She wonders what number he advances in at, whether he’s winning or losing the other race. When he leaves, she tread in the steps ofs at a safe distance, checks the pair ways before crossing the road Three blocks later, she falls in have affection for with his back, the drape of white T-shirt above his shoulders. She imagines a lifetime of this, gumshoeing around corners, chasing down a name, a face to match. At the way light, the guy flips a coin into a busker’s case, lights a cigarette. Emily crouches