1. Adriana looks at a cardboard model on her phone while Bernardo stands beside her chair and Marcus waits across the review table with a printed proposal. The Person Who Would Stay Adriana’s daughter was waiting for her to come home. Bernardo knew it; she had told him. He waited until two team leads could hear before putting a hand on her chair and telling her she was the only person who could save the evening.

    The Person Who Would Stay

    Adriana looks at a cardboard model on her phone while Bernardo stands beside her chair and Marcus waits across the review table with a printed proposal.
  2. Júlia holds a water glass and looks across the lunch table at Stefan, whose phone lies beside his untouched plate. A Place at the Table Júlia knew what Stefan sounded like when he wanted her. She could still hear him against her pillow. Across the lunch table, he had begun using the patient voice with which he explained a test to someone who hadn’t understood it.

    A Place at the Table

    Júlia holds a water glass and looks across the lunch table at Stefan, whose phone lies beside his untouched plate.