1. Thaís touches Klaus's cheek as they sit together in a São Paulo art gallery courtyard after a spring shower. The Wrong Way to Read a Picture Thaís spotted the exhibition leaflet inside Klaus’s notebook before he could hide it beneath his arm. “You prepared for Saturday. Of course you did.” He offered it with a smile, and she leafed past the financial tables to retrieve it. “Then you can tell me whether the paintings obeyed the plan.”

    The Wrong Way to Read a Picture

    Thaís touches Klaus's cheek as they sit together in a São Paulo art gallery courtyard after a spring shower.
  2. Júlia and Stefan sit close on her apartment sofa, facing each other in warm lamplight with his hand open between them. What She Wanted on Friday On Friday, Júlia told Stefan to bring dinner and not a laptop. He arrived carrying two hot paper bags with a solemnity that made her laugh. One handle had broken in the taxi; a patch of sauce darkened his shirt.

    What She Wanted on Friday

    Júlia and Stefan sit close on her apartment sofa, facing each other in warm lamplight with his hand open between them.