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"A cooling sensation spread down Eugene’s neck and across his shoulders. Four years before, at another convention, he and Marty had met two women in the bar at their hotel. It was the only time in his marriage Eugene had been unfaithful to Margaret. The woman in Dallas had made earnest and imaginative love to him, but Eugene was uncomfortable discussing it with his associate."—"Observation Deck"

"He turned off the television and walked to the window with his camera. The woman’s apartment was dark, and he saw in the glass door a tiny reflection of a man with a camera in a hotel window. He lowered the Nikon and went to bed."—"Observation Deck"

"The first of the last two people Carl took McCracken to see was the woman from the van, who was home now. She seemed pleased when the limo greased its way up to her driveway. For an instant she might have thought this was some sort of prize patrol from a sweepstakes or something. Despite living in Jackson, she still had hope. But it wasn’t her ship coming in, of course, it was just McCracken. He was her second nephew, related as much in tragedy as in genes."—"These Things Happen"

"Jean walked into the kitchen. It was narrow, the space between the sink and the counter where Carl leaned, and her belly, their child, rasped against his rear as she passed. This sort of thing occurred more often now. He wasn’t sure if the touching was always an accident, a slight female misjudgment of her increasing diameter. Maybe there was something more basic to it, like magnetism. He was right to think there were other reasons for the rub. She knew what she was doing."—"These Things Happen"