Comemadre

liked the premise. not a fan of the way this was split into 2 parts/timelines.

Some quotes I liked, for varying reasons

I shoot Mr. Allomby a conspiratorial glance. We're not actually conspiring, but it's important to look at people like that every now and then because that's how real relationships are forged.

I think, in parentheses, about Menéndez. The two curved lines bend toward each other, trapping Menéndez inside my head and my head inside the parentheses . . .

I tell him that monogamy, like all artificial things, is absolutely necessary because man invents only what he needs. My aphorism leaves him speechless.