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2003 It proved her arrogance that she felt safe sitting beside a stream she couldn’t hear, reading a novel. Earphones blocked every...

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The plastic card scraped across the formica counter as Wendy swept the crumbs from her bagel into her hand and sprinkled them into the...

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