He comes inside. "You must be Heather," he says. "Of course I'm Heather, Frankie" she laughs. "I'm not Frankie," he says "I'm Frankie's cousin Zach. Our mothers are identical twins & we look a lot alike," he explains, but his voice is very sad. "I'm so glad I ran into you, Heather. Frankie talked so much about you while he was in town, he really hated going back to Colorado....Heather, there was an accident, Frankie ran into a tree while he was skiing...Frankie's dead, Heather," Zach finishes. Heather, completely shocked, doesn't know what to say. Of course she feels terrible for poor Frankie & his family...but Zach seems to be implying that Frankie considered Heather as more than just a fling, which is not something he ever indicated to Heather herself. Now she feels gulty about not seeing him his last day in L.A. when he asked her.
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She feels so guilty about it, she pretends to be more broken up about Frankie's death than she actually is, acting like a bereaved girlfriend rather than as just a friend. It seems to be what Zach expects & he very kindly offers to take her to lunch next week & give her some of the things Frankie left in his apartment. Apparently Frankie made drawings of her & wrote some poems, too. Did Frankie really care that much about her? Well, what can Heather do but accept?
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