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Smoke and Mirrors
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"The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer." – Edward R. Murrow
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title: ignorance is bliss
prompt: B; blind
featuring: Shea
set: pre-series
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She sees him out the corner of her eye, jumpy and antsy yet inexplicably distant. He shrugs off her concerns so she switches from caring wife back to doting mother.
They are both roles she was born to play.
The phone rings, and he seems relieved for the interruption. The exchange is quick, his rehearsed explanation after even quicker.
She doesn't ask why her stepmother is calling him, or why Richard is so willing to respond to Katherine's back and call. Instead, she smiles her prim accepting smile and kisses her husband goodbye.
Madison wonders but Shea simply hushes her.