In the cab to the station, he ...

In the cab to the station, he told me that when he was growing up he'd see a look of pleasure cross his mother's face and ask what she was thinking: she'd say, I was just thinking of your father. "That's how I want us to be," Archie said. I smiled. "What?" I said, "I was just thinking of your father.
 Melissa Bank

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He tried to smile, but it was just a shape his mouth made.
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