danidesande 5 days ago Thirty-Seven She presses 37. He presses 31. The lights die at 15. She steps in barefoot, carrying her shoes and a glass of white wine she doesn’t remember picking up. She presses thirty-seven. The elevator reeks of bleach and somebody else’s perfume. In the light up there, she looks fifteen years older than she did at lunch. Four hours of behavioral economists agreeing with one another and patting one another on the back about it. Her feet are ruined. The wine is warm. She drinks the wi...