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    It wasn’t unusual for Joe to see Cherry eating with people at Sia la luce; sometimes he brought a client, sometimes he was the client being brought. Industry acquaintances, media people conducting interviews, hoity-toity calligraphy peers…whatever. 

    Joe was used to seeing Cherry eat with people in his restaurant.

    What he wasn’t used to was seeing Cherry very obviously enjoying himself doing so.

    Oh, sure—he had that stupid professional smile of his that managed to fool people (how, Joe still had no clue—it was so obviously fake!) but a genuine, spontaneous, eye-crinkling smile? Hell no. Those were saved for—

    Ahem.

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