After dinner, Hanif tells the story of this couple, friends of his, who discovered a notebook outside of their home. Within its pages, someone had documented—with cold, ornithological detail—the sexual habits and proclivities of every person on their block. Frequency, duration, volume, position of preference, and so on. Rebecca raised her hands to her mouth. That's terrifying, she said. The mistake he made, Hanif said, was signing his name on the back cover: the man was their next-door neighbor. A teacher at the local high school. There was a collective gasp in the room. What happened after that? Rebecca said. The question surprised Hanif, who had already started on dessert. I think he moved to Dallas, he said.

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