His eyes roved about the room, moving from person to person before fastening onto her. He then put his arm around her, but she asked him to remove it and he did so immediately.
And while he lost his head, lacked brains and had no guts, she consentingly gave her heart to him. In doing so, she also gave him her hand as he took her arm.
It was there that they split; half going one way, half to the other. Yet, her eyes followed him down the road, across the street and neither one had the stomach for it.
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