SOPHIA - Age of Intelligence

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  Simon looked over at Jennifer and mirrored her awkward smile. The urge to leave was made all the more compelling by the solid beat of the orchestra’s drummer. His feet felt ready to do more than tap along with the beat, to carry him away toward some unknown resolution, possibly the same one to which the song eluded.

  ‘Wait for me, wait,

  Wait for me, wait,

  Wait for me,

  to someday return.’

  The only thing that anchored him was what he saw in Jennifer’s eyes; it was the hope that the evening, moreover their lives together would not come second to matters more pressing.

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  In only moments, Derrick stepped away from his desk and responded to a knock at his front door. When he opened it, his thoughts matched his expression: complete surprise.