
They keep looking for the singer. I am already seated. The bill is in my hand because someone had to take it. I am a factor. Factors do not run. The kitchen that explains me is not a cover. It is my cousin’s tap, a child, a life that does not require Tan’s name. Chris watches and invents a file. Ania watches and smells a second loyalty. She is not wrong. She is also not owed a speech. I am a factor. Factors do not run. The call is not on speaker. I can end it. I smile at the person with the cups. I leave without hurry. Hurry is how you become a scene. I am a factor. Factors do not run. I am a factor. Factors do not run. I am a factor. Factors do not run.

