He held her hand on the table, wrapping his fingers round hers. He knew the small, neat shape of it so well.
'For a while I was seeing another man, you know,' she said.
'Well, fine; whatever,' he told her.
'But it didn't work out,' Sarah said. 'After a certain age I think people just don't have a choice. You're who I'm with. If is too late for me to change. I've used up too much of my life now.'
In his mind Macon could hear Muriel asking, You mean to tell me you con just use a person up and then move on?