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Alain kept smiling at her. He asked if she wanted humus and laughed when she pronounced it to rhyme with swingers "pumice." "CHOO-moos!" He refused to pass the bowl until she swingers pronounced it correctly. Michael's skin was a feverish shade of orange from too much sun. He wore a red shirt printed with flowers and leaves that Eli had bought from an Arab tailor in the Old City swingers because Michael had said, on a whim, that he liked it. Eli picked at pita and olives. He said nothing except to answer "ken" or "lo" when his mother asked if he wanted anything. P'ninah asked if Becky wouldn't miss the oranges of Israel. "We have oranges at home," she retorted. You're just a cover like me, she thought. Don't put on airs. After dinner, they all drank tea and nibbled on Michael's crumbled tea cookies.
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