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“She does this exact thing all the time—minus the borrowed cigarettes—and the message which he no longer has any trouble grasping is usually simple, clear and to the point: follow me. Yes, ma’am, is his tacit reply; to wherever you desire and for however long.”
1993. At the HHM Christmas party, Kim and Jimmy hide away to share a smoke in private.
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- Part 4 of The First Time Ever
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Tracing Kim and Jimmy’s relationship through a series of telephone calls.
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“How many inane conversations did they stretch out to preposterous limits while leaning on these lockers? Needing so desperately to go elsewhere but somehow unwilling to do so. Kim misses that time; the harmless flirting and get-to-know-yous was fun. Now things have become too convoluted and entangled, too complicated. His grief is her entitlement and there is nothing either of them can do about it.”
1997. Jimmy receives some upsetting news. Kim does her best to console him.
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- Part 7 of The First Time Ever
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“Before she knows it, Kim is inside her living room, face to face with the phone. It’s a US West brick that hangs unevenly from the wall and has a never-ending cord. She pulls on the cord robotically and it bounces back. Insidiously, her brain starts forming a thought. It’s unfinished and makes no sense, but it molds a fire in her belly the size of a rocket.”
1995. Kim comes across some gossip; unable to sleep, she calls Jimmy on the phone.
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- Part 6 of The First Time Ever
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“Kim’s been wanting to confide in him; to share in the nerves, the bogus uncertainty, the bliss. She believes it is good news, she believes that to the core. So why hasn’t she? She has been mulling it over for hours on end, and it all comes back to this: guilt.”
1994. For the first time in their relationship, Kim makes a difficult choice.
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- Part 5 of The First Time Ever
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A series of works centred around the many "firsts" of Kim and Jimmy's relationship.
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