Chapter 4
The following day, on his way home from work, Lucy called out to him from the crowd.
“Isn’t it funny?” she said after she’d caught up to him. “We say good morning and good evening every day and that’s it.”
She was smiling and for the first time he noticed how blue her eyes were, and how they kind of twinkled when she smiled.
“Yes, it is funny,” he replied. “There are a lot of us like that. Better than ignoring each other, I suppose.”
Lucy nodded. “You’re right there. Too many people do that. But we don’t, do we?”
Julian shot her a suspicious look and couldn’t help wondering why she’d all of a sudden chosen to strike up a conversation.
“Not really, no. We acknowledge each other whenever we see each other.”
They walked several metres in silence. Julian racked his brains for
