Page 129 of The Senator

I use the toilet, rinse my face and find one of Mark’s robes. I head to the kitchen. There’s a note on the tea kettle.

Mi amor,

Robbie was right about your nickname. You are the sunshine from God in my dark life. A warmth I took for granted. Please forgive me. And please stay.

M

I find another one inside the fridge, on the yogurt I like in the mornings. This one has a big white blob in the middle of the note.

Mi cariño,

Have you texted me ye—

Fuck these paint pens!

I’m not rewriting this again!

Text me.

M

I laugh and pull out my phone.

Eleanna: Good morning

Mark: Hello beautiful

Eleanna: Not a fan of paint pens?

Mark: Writing with that thing is a true act of love

Eleanna: Well, I do love the notes

Mark: Worth it then

Eleanna: Did you sleep at all?

Mark: About an hour in my office.

Mark: I didn’t want to disturb you when I couldn’t stay

Eleanna: An hour!

Eleanna: That is not healthy! Next time come to bed!

Mark: If I’d come to bed I wouldn’t have done much sleeping

Mark: Are you blushing?

Mark: You are

Mark: Wish I was there to see it

Mark: I’ll just have to talk dirty to you at the dinner table

Eleanna: No

Mark: Yes

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