Invisible

Me: Hi. 
 Her: Hi. 
 Me: I'm R. 
 Her: Judy. I'm Judy. 
 Me: You just move in? 
 Her: Nah. Been here a coupla months. 
 Me: Like it? 
 Her: It's alright. 
 Me: Cool. (silence) 

 Her: You ever lived in Elburg? 
 Me: No. Visited there. 
 Her: You look a lot like a friend of mine who lives in Elburg. 
 Me: Yeah? 
 Her: Yeah. A lot. You really look like her. 
 Me: Hm. What's her name? 
 Her: Sally. 
 Me: Don't think I know her. 
 Her: Hm. (silence) 

 Her: You lived in town for a while, eh? A few years? 
 Me: Yeah, about fifteen. 
 Her: Yeah. Me, too. I seen you around town a few times. 
 Me: Yeah? 
 Her: Yeah. Downtown. I remember seeing you a few times. 
 Me: Hm. (longer silence) 

 Her: Nobody's ever said that to me.

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