"Well, I suppose I could give him one but, I haven't seen him. Heard from him. It's like he's gone, but I don't know. She looked down for a moment, at the water filling up the pot, the bubbles rising to the surface. She didn't know what else to say.
When she'd set the pot on the stove and put the flame under it, she finally took a sip of the wine, even though her cheeks were already flushed. "So there it is."