Liz, I like you very much, he says. Oh, she says, I like you very much, too! Owen is not sure if she means O for Owen, or just plan Oh. He is not sure what difference it would make in either case. He feels the needs to clarify. When I said ‘I like you very much,’ I actually meant ‘I love you.’ O, she says, I actually meant the same thing. She closes the car door behind her. Well, he says to himself, driving back to his apartment, isn’t that something?
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