Trafika Europe 12 - French Bon-Bons

Camille Laurens

he’s sincere even though he’s manipulating her. But you’re no Dorante, I’m guessing you’re not here because you have any plans to marry me? I’ve done a bit of acting, yes, in my day— it was a long time ago. My husband was a director— well, is. He carried on. We were students when we met, we were in the university theater group. It seems such a long time ago. And yet, d’you know, I still remember some of my lines by heart. I’ve also learned a bit about staging a performance, haven’t I? But let ’s not go back to the flood of tears. Anyway, it ’s all been written up in there, in your paperwork. What more do you want? You need to understand? Oh, I understand that ! But what exactly do you want to understand? Well, that ’s a hell of an answer. You score a point. What ’s your name? Marc. Marc. I like you, Marc, and I agree with you: there are only two interesting people in each of us, the one who wants to kill and the one who wants to die. They’re not equally well represented, but when you’ve identified them both you can say you’ve gotten to know someone. It ’s often too late.

How did we end up here? We? Kind of you to include yourself in this disaster, when you’ve only just turned up. No one can blame you for the situation I’m in, I’ve

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