Zoe did what civilized people do when they freak out: she drank tea. She had walked from her little bungalow to Coffee & Tea. It was always filled with the well-educated, the complicated, the people who read books with captivating titles. A perfect place to ignore and be ignored. She found the anonymity delicious. Michael Benzehabe
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Zoe did what civilized people do when they freak out: she drank tea. We all have our own ways of dealing with stress and anxiety. Some of us go to work, others to the gym, and some just hide in the comfort of their homes. Zoe’s method was to drink tea.

She had walked from her little bungalow to Coffee & Tea. It was always filled with the well-educated, the complicated, the people who read books with captivating titles. A perfect place to ignore and be ignored.

She found the anonymity delicious.

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