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about a woman with whom she regularly commutes, and pictures the woman's "perfect" life. Waking from her reverie she leaves the subway and introduces her workplace. Logging on to her computer she sees her website and recalls how Chris had created it for her, and how she'd rebuffed his invitation to have a coffee because she was having sex with her boss Zach. Nonetheless, she goes out with Chris to see a movie for which she'd composed the soundtrack, and ends up inviting Chris back to her place where they had sex for the first time.
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