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He slumped back down in the chair
exhausted
breathless
his dressing gown,
left where she had pulled it open

Watching her as she smoothed out her dress
kissed him on the cheek
turning back before she left for work

pointing to his revealing dressing gown
"And the answer your looking for is no, no you can't solo"

and then she was gone
Taking some of him with her.