I approached her, and she noticed me before I could say anything. She looked at me, and I apologized. Dzǯ•‘””›Ǥˆ‘”‰‘–ƒŽŽƒ„‘—–›‘—Ǥdz DzŠƒ–ƒŽ‘—•›™ƒ›–‘ƒ’‘Ž‘‰‹œ‡Ǩ—–‹–ǯ•‘ƒ›ǡǯ˜‡„‡‡”‡ƒ†‹‰Ǥ‘ ›‘—Ž‹‡ˆƒ•Š‹‘ǫdz Dz‘’‡ǡdz•ƒ‹†ǤDz†‘ǯ–…ƒ”‡™Šƒ–™‡ƒ”ƒ•Ž‘‰ƒ•‹–ǯ•‘”ƒŽƒ† †‘‡•ǯ–ƒ‡‡•–ƒ†‘—–Ǥdz DzŠƒ–ǯ•™Šƒ–ˆ‹‰—”‡†ǤŽ‹‡ˆƒ•Š‹‘Ǥ…‡‰‡––‘…‘ŽŽ‡‰‡ǡǯŽŽ†”‡••—’ ƒŽŽ–Š‡–‹‡ǥ—–ǯŽŽ„‡†‡ƒ†„‡ˆ‘”‡ƒ‡‹––‘…‘ŽŽ‡‰‡ǤŠƒ–ǯ•”‡ƒŽ‘–Š‡ inside is more important than appearances, after alŽǤdz DzŠƒ–ǯ•‘–ƒ–ƒŽŽ™Šƒ–’‡‘’Ž‡‡ƒ™Š‡–Š‡›•ƒ›–Šƒ–ǡ›‘—‘™Ǥdz Reflexively, I looked around us to see if anyone was listening. What •Š‡ǯ†•ƒ‹†™ƒ•‘—–”ƒ‰‡‘—•…‘‹‰ˆ”‘ƒŠ‹‰Š•…Š‘‘Ž‰‹”Žǡ„—–‘‘‡ seemed to have taken the slightest interest. We †‹†ǯ–„—›ƒ›–Š‹‰ƒ––Š‡„‘‘•–‘”‡Ǥˆƒ…–ǡ™‡†‹†ǯ–„—› anything else that day. After we left, we went into a few other shops that caught her eyeȄan accessory shop, an eyeglass storeȄbut we simply browsed. In the end, the only things either of us bought were the rope and the kitten tote bag. We were getting tired from walking, and she suggested we stop in a coffee shop. The café, a national chain, was busy, but we lucked into an open table. She held it down for us while I ordered our drinks; she wanted an iced café au lait, and I got myself an iced coffee. When I brought them back to our table on a tray, my classmate was writing in her Living with Dying book. DzŠƒ•ǡdz•Š‡•ƒ‹†ǤDz‘™—…Š™ƒ•‹–ǫdz Dz‘ǯ–™‘””›ƒ„‘—–‹–Ǥ•–‹ŽŽ‘™‡›‘—ˆ‘”–Š‡›ƒ‹‹—Ǥdz Dz ‘”‰‡–ƒ„‘—–‹–Ǥ–‘Ž†›‘—–Šƒ–™ƒ•›–”‡ƒ–Ǥ—–•—’’‘•‡ I can let ›‘—„—››…‘ˆˆ‡‡Ǥdz She happily put her straw into the glass and began drinking her café ƒ—Žƒ‹–Ǥ’”‘„ƒ„Ž›†‘ǯ–‡‡†–‘‡‡’†‡•…”‹„‹‰‡˜‡”›–Š‹‰•Š‡†‹†ƒ•„‡‹‰ done happilyȄher unfailing positivity infused every movement she made. She gla…‡†ˆ”‘•‹†‡–‘•‹†‡ƒ†•ƒ‹†ǡDz‘‡˜‡”›‘‡‡Ž•‡ǡ„‡–™‡ Ž‘‘Ž‹‡™‡ǯ”‡ƒ…‘—’Ž‡Ǥdz DzŠƒ–‡˜‡”™‡Ž‘‘Ž‹‡ǡ™‡ǯ”‡‘–ƒ…‘—’Ž‡ǡ•‘–Š‡›…ƒ–Š‹™Šƒ– –Š‡›™ƒ–Ǥdz DzŠƒ–ǯ•’”‡––›…‘Ž†ǡdz•Š‡•–ƒ–‡†Ǥ