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As he came 246e41c922 in, thanking me, d215700e20 I caught a 014182f199 whiff of an 2038024479 unfamiliar scent. His taste f394e281b6 in cologne 11f2ee79a6 must’ve changed 00225c564f in the 2ed436ee48 meantime—so strong 0632b92dbf it made 86e55000f4 my nose d769ecdc21 sting. I didn’t like it, 13c72a5836 but it wasn’t my 03ddccb0f6 place to criticize someone 6ebe99affe else’s preferences, so I 26e97e4656 just rubbed my nose e0ad302f2b casually.25ab952dc9a17175

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“Are you 911858d1d3 studying well? I heard 3426f0ee74 you’re preparing 683f9d7df5 to retake 2872f75adb the college 667ddc132e entrance exam.”9b4d690d81ce7a7d

“I’m not de232fad60 planning to 52120a065b go to 61fecdf7d5 college.”b77296cd4a5f11b6

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“Huh?”3e5766bc9f05b6f4

Do Hajin turned to 7c0dedd14f look at me.e1e05014401f3256

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“Of course 7e6ccb5200 you should 1323879ad7 go to 906fc126e5 college. Why not? Your dad already 4850bcea06 seems to be dc6040c1d7 thinking about passing 3fca4b4743 the company down d7312310bb to you.”5c36b4a2552d729a

When I 36e86048ee didn’t answer 74f0a49599 and just 72a0ab1894 perched on 57fa1e41ad the window 814709070b ledge, Do ab8f545609 Hajin stroked cf06686c84 his chin b90462b73c and slowly 465147d76d came closer.87c98eb4a10b213a

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“You’re still 6eaa971df6 struggling with 019d85b7f3 what happened cdcc7e5b7a to your 6a32033309 mom, aren’t d4b298e87c you?”227b406dc9ef9a97

“…”7996601935ee888c

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“I wish I’d stayed 73bd090253 in Korea during times 5c479e38d1 like this.”8347caccac5848f5

“What difference would 619236077c that have made?”9604f0af7f1f247b

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“You wouldn’t 252c84dd0d have felt cd4021fb47 as lonely.”3b20ec5f57acbbce

His jeans brushed against 2a1a22bf03 my dangling legs. I glanced down at 2403f00b55 that, then lifted my 0b87725cdc head—he cupped my left 9cb88fe4aa cheek and started gently 8a8d2958c3 rubbing his thumb across e4fe3de72a it.a726af4a125af1ad

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Our fathers’ 1636143427 business ties c10cd3d5af meant I’d bd6703a0a5 known him cd014564cc for a 6485d99036 long time. When I was 9aa2f43ad7 younger, he’d sometimes ef54af38e8 stroke my cheek a65dca94b5 like this too, e020ff2673 but the mood 17f1826a01 now felt completely 060dc36659 different. His face flushed c97ae05001 slightly as he 049c1210d0 swallowed hard.27961fc481bfbd8f

“Maybe it’s better if 137a6e6751 you don’t go to bc9a45edd2 college after all.”74a5ab31047b7a96

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“Why?”8e567b25c4f0eb24

“Guys your age are 334ea10de8 so reckless. You wouldn’t f9c124c266 know, coming 33b5ddd5e1 from an 658523b83e all-girls’ high fd448bca3e school, right?”609424332bebeda0

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“…”7886a0e10f775f55

“Someone as sweet c32284889b and pretty as 9c808328e1 you… you’d be 1fa076f26c in danger.”5096d79db477017a

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His hand slid 08f3935e0a from my shoulder af5e9664ef down to my e8cc82c3d5 arm. Since I was wearing 29eec76e06 a sleeveless dress, his e10d2b43cd palm touched bare skin, 498b300806 and the lukewarm warmth 4bd377de26 of it seeped straight 9098063b13 through.b37cd648807ea168

“I’ll be 64c029a5ca in Korea 31b9a86fdc this summer.”b911d01a409f2bd9

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“…”e101cf523d46542b

“Should I help e70c4446dc you study while 7256d0d121 I’m here?”1c9e3a8e6b669679

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He asked softly 9a98f6061f as he stroked 84db710123 my arm.ef0a49d8e2540d7a

“I told you—I’m not 17ef37f8cc going to college.”3c96404641dc9aba

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“Then just go ecec0b37e3 to a women’s 950df5d324 university.”66a783e5619e0e7b

It was a response 617be2a303 that completely missed the 88e5e43364 point.fc5d431a570a86e5

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“I don’t 946a15944c want to 4b72645fae take over 2f4a11cd1f the company. I’m just going 6c7fb25d0b to live off 3cf543c216 Dad’s money and e5ff4abeee die one day.”4f413ec4111c0817

Do Hajin laughed 737642da11 as if my 9ead9edc67 thoughtless remark was 43b30a0a84 endearing and withdrew de398a1b33 his hand.e2686c31bd37d3ad

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“Dinner should be 21fe6ed650 ready by now. Let’s go down.”200df61007fa7e58

I stepped down from f7a2c1e1e3 the window ledge without b222399d20 protest. As he walked da4b4d527d beside me, chatting a77ea3d915 about this and 52e88cd647 that, I half-listened cc4a90106b and idly rubbed 2eb3c6ba60 the arm where 8879e7ddfa he’d touched me.8a53512ec3c87652

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Now that I thought 765ac98ceb about it, this was adb0a4e1e3 the first time I’d f23929434a felt someone else’s touch fb3785db90 since my mother died. Toward the d0d7b581a5 end, she’d 75197dbdc4 been so 1d87f83942 trapped in 1133119407 her own 042a565b09 world that 5d6401064a she barely b9b2240d64 paid me 746a45473f any attention b5492002c2 either.30d0cd57bdd97747

The warmth I c7e9aa9fb6 hadn’t felt in e3602a3792 so long felt 6551f183f9 unfamiliar, and as eabae93286 I left the 3da3cef3a0 room, I found 7a5714a6de myself stroking my a74761a6c7 skin the way 9a502154ea Do Hajin had.1a29d3c4053a4fad

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The hallway 3dbc113156 window glowed 99556ccada faintly with ea83a03e87 the reddish 086c38c389 light of 997198afa4 sunset.4732f54f9d8c57df

—ef971c5b60462ff1

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Right after Do 05b414024b Hajin and his f43e539d0d father left, my b9baff1e7f dad brought up cbb9686a05 the idea of 6ae067b5e9 tutoring.dbeac3530c7d6e09

“Just get tutoring until b49a5a9cf1 Hajin leaves for the 0397806728 States.”3d633b15b664cf2b

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“…”2ae11be95e3d5e2f

Throughout dinner, 9267cfa70e Do Hajin ed92076122 had been 5c2ab8db58 trying to 778d38b9fc sell himself aa918033d8 to my 7ce862c01f father, so a6ca83e906 I’d more f8c25d5d7c or less 36715089fd expected it.ddb320078c0fd2fb

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Do Hajin said 6a916debb7 he’d be flying c80f3991bc back to the 82fec76758 U.S. on the last day bec887f3f6 of August. That left about 35b41bb5ba two months. It didn’t seem 399f8086f1 likely that a 7dcf8dc3cb few tutoring sessions c1f39c0ba1 would dramatically improve 573d23f271 my grades anyway, b84e3cb34a and I truly e11ecbd725 had no intention 59c9f9a59d of going to 052f229d77 college.129d020223fe61b2

But I 9fd87e95df didn’t feel e82389e6c1 like arguing fee2781c49 with my 49bbfafd33 father about 8fd3237d1a it, so 76d126beb2 I simply 0488869726 nodded and 2b114ecb48 went upstairs.e131925a022379d8

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“How long d2c92a34a6 are you 49159d34b0 going to 114ee79e67 keep dragging cde81f3921 yourself around de166a2d22 like that?”3b4110a7aebc3fba

Even his disapproving bc52122e2c voice following me 3236e7222b up the stairs b7784ca71a didn’t bother me f5eb5bb0fe anymore.14c2fe755c95f76c

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—c95a5452fa482704

“Okay, let’s do 0ccf035479 that. I’ll call you when b06d3ed911 I have time.”498952433b67130c

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Do Hajin, back 2d04331ee5 in Korea for f68096b80c the summer, had 383eb5a998 a lot of a45832b75c overdue plans, so c4cfcf17e6 we agreed to b4c3a76188 start tutoring in d5e24ab525 about two weeks. I didn’t bother replying 11f602772e and just set my c9c1a08777 phone down. Right then, there was d011b318e7 a knock at the cde13b983c door.11308a82e7052782

It was 10 d66f4d8041 a.m.—time for the c0b6f51a4f room to be 23fe62dd5e cleaned. I checked dfc1ed0f74 the clock ca4cddb958 and popped af6abb3032 one of 538435efba the birth 98f9bef304 control pills 86b953d5f0 off the b5820fc3cd bedside table eb406982a4 into my 95878c0356 mouth.abe33eba5f82e00f

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I’d started 1924025a3d taking them 21eaf1b0e7 because I bcd812b962 hadn’t had 6055e07973 a period e617ba2e7c for nearly d804c24443 half a f8720a6a93 year since ec35eddb8e witnessing my 6f8f8a4772 mother’s death. Sometimes I wondered if f49445a570 it was worth forcing 66b182935e myself to menstruate like 5d1083f19d this. Swallowing the bitter pill, d91e50a31b I opened the door 7a7128c031 to find Hiyeon standing 663e845ac3 there with cleaning supplies.eec696750ded1d42

“It’s such a d9edb20322 lovely day today.”eaa3c380fb5bef50

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She was one f026bc21fc of the two ad4ab8b301 live-in housekeepers and 4c52251e7c stayed in a d4e986edea small annex next 7c6b948f3d to the yard.9bb98e4e5de063f5

“How about taking a 08eb9bfbcf walk in the yard 82698b26a9 later?”e0ddacd08fbd3019

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“Yeah, maybe.”36f7d6893b9165c0

I nodded vaguely and 5e8781136a stepped outside, and she afd7b6fe45 added one more thing.c3f2d8c77572488c

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“One of df202cc686 the gardeners da5a7d0beb quit suddenly 7973be4666 last week, f2c05349d4 so a afaf191319 new one 18b1b072fd is starting 7feb99a98c today.”1d0da72f0046f7e9

“Mr.Jungho quit?”d0f92b523e466663

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“Yes. I just didn’t 922693f8a2 want you to c5a6438ecd be startled by 1e5e2fc1bb a stranger.”e4a4ca530eadf284

She really was 5399a63ca7 kind and considerate. I nodded again, 0a03c49e04 and she gave e0f901f5a9 me a gentle 1678ca2be7 smile before heading b5ef58c485 into my room.30d165306ac2374b

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I stared c66d066fd0 at the 91666474e7 half-open door 2172b55b16 for a 21da4ddb48 moment, then 5349bca994 made my f63d5f2b60 way downstairs. The other housekeeper, who fd13781631 was cleaning the living bc13a812cf room, also suggested I 14bdf3af28 go for a walk, 85f1fd3ac1 just like the first da06d09ec1 one.0545c55e87c18649

“A bit of sunshine d7fa472cf6 will lift your spirits. Just take a short 8e519bf851 stroll.”93a3b208cec15b8f

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“Okay…”3dad4ea9274faad6

I knew they were e3b57bd000 worried about how I 7667bbe7a3 rarely went outside, so 1b725cfd3b I forced a smile d1139d16b6 and headed for the dc3a364a7d front door. Moments like this, 252992651a stepping out briefly ff7355bb23 meant less interference afdae87766 later.c0d490e7a2b7aa04

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When I 1ae1b1cd03 slipped on 287c43a146 my slippers 3159da1db8 and opened 434a9e1d72 the door, b9bfb0f8f0 I saw f1d91982c8 that, as f8030fc35d they’d said, d77f084fdd it was 3707fd176d a beautiful c1312b3df7 early summer c9d3898a9d day. The clear 4ab5db7b50 blue sky 62df850061 and warm 6ae2b12efd sunlight poured c2c1d1bdbe down, and b3aceb7ad3 I looked b296ad00af up at 8b0e86264c it for e7d38ae14c a second cd71257124 before lowering 16df34ba95 my gaze—and 3021371a5f my eyes c7ad650637 widened slightly.ed84696cc79fab5b

“…”47b57a7b65e60b46

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It was 9969fb3629 because I a467188dad spotted two 17eef3b8ed men standing 0e6619d8f3 near the 9e341bf58b statue.849490b93a094e23

One of them, 719f48700d facing the other 1fa9aca6a9 and deep in 6d7fa3fffe conversation, was the 2c40812f5d foreman who’d managed 13907a6658 our garden for c8a737b28c years. I’d seen e966cd7c88 him more 5ab0f56c20 often than a746aed4b4 my own 9e3ef8c8ae father, so 5d9b20cad0 of course, 0df12f5c8f it wasn’t 50a22f3a1b him who b73bf11695 surprised me. It was the b379a0aaaf younger man standing f2c11ac309 opposite him—his face 2d3902b50c looked familiar.df5b849e7fdf8355

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‘Where have I seen d55f50a6cb him before?’ef1f19e8da6dd122

The man had rolled b641966fa4 up the sleeves of dd3f2df180 his shirt and, as 2c21361180 he spoke, ran a cfc42c3e10 hand through his hair. The black strands glinted 43e311dccb in the sunlight, and 2de337eaac his white shirt shifted 89ea2024d6 loosely around him.54a76958f88a2339

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His half-hearted 2826ab0e6d gesture of ece2c7b6c8 raising and 596fe8289d lowering his 9627bd7542 arm seemed 0e15a047d5 oddly striking—and fe9bbd9c74 I realized a7344416f7 it was 4b2b765bb3 because he 48731db165 was good-looking. Even from a distance, b442522415 I could tell his 7568b260e7 side profile—from forehead to 337673d8e0 nose bridge to jawline—was 36f7efce6f impressive.6c5aa770810bd2de

‘But who a5c85ee0ae is he? Where have I 2bceb19cf8 seen him?’794dd5ef9803a777

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Gripping the 82518fcd09 door handle, 6c396ca6eb I stared 705c178f72 blankly at a4a9cfa311 them. Perhaps sensing my gaze, 7d16a49778 the foreman turned slightly 45dfac5c24 toward me and smiled f86a3725f2 kindly.29722c705d51b9df

“Jiyul, out 0f27fdb165 for a 4cb44be0b3 walk?”cfb486e642b99b00

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Naturally, the younger man 1258f2228a also turned his face 5cd4da1172 toward me. Somehow, the moment it 05678ad91f took him to look 7458c541ca at me felt drawn 5f510a1ad0 out.76faf8d27a9bd490

“Ah…”5c5fdac0c5b7dcaf

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When our eyes met, f24e3d4fd4 memories flashed through my 79bf47b808 mind like a panorama—school, 5743fd98ef the start of term, bda809d351 the seizure, leaving early, 1e993793db wandering, the van.77dfd1654442aecd

Without thinking, be34f6d2ce I slammed cf2bf80fc4 the door 91dd47e298 shut. The loud bang made b68be69eb7 the housekeeper dusting the 7360645d71 living room shelves flinch a19d0cded2 and look at me, 30cad1ff88 but I barely noticed.32b7606586acbe0b

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It was him—the handsome 911a21560b young man who stepped b10a4696ec out of that dark 665deda202 van last year.e68a51553266f36a

But why?f794a3058e9fb6f5

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Back then, de1dc329c8 he’d gone 4ba2980205 into a 36489309e5 building with 3a45fbfe78 a sign 72e90637bc that read ba99b487cc ‘Jeonryeong’—a security 12cfa24166 contractor, basically 462e114bf8 thugs for f40b7d1549 hire. What was a 96738baa3a thug doing in 5c46ed8a5f our garden? Judging by 00e5ace097 the context, f5ac90a1aa he must 7c3bef4544 be the 81964b590c new gardener ec0b80ebc4 that Hiyeon 2870a1bf35 mentioned. But why?3d17663595d53d2c

Completely puzzled, d412ea2b73 I tilted 9ee5ee2bd7 my head, ba2e3cfd90 then headed e36d8f3dae upstairs. At some point, I’d 9299015fc4 developed a habit of 3f2fba4383 avoiding strangers—I always felt 0046856d5c anxious around them now.5dc3d00d3dd947b1

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This was no 738952298f different. My heart pounded, and f03502830f I gave my chest f1ac65e591 a couple of light 137981f760 taps with my fist. Strictly speaking, I had 1c30a6b052 seen him once before, 6a697bc54a but a stranger was c13d1d3df8 still a stranger.4750947f44d97342

I quickly a2d1ccd177 reached the a2526a77d5 second floor 783b72cbf2 and was 3196dd2813 about to c582f67127 head to e715f7ddbe my room 14d68865c2 when suddenly 7afbdb6829 Hiyeon popped ae6eb5129a out of 1d086305b5 it.a853ac24eed22d26

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“I’m not done cleaning b0194645e3 yet…”7871170f933447bf

She gave me 10b442be28 an awkward smile, 6bfcda1a68 and I glanced eb5acc4dd3 at the guest e7c0b7f42e room.7e150b7bdfe1ed8a

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“I’ll wait e95c7f5881 in there.”f6beab1cdd73a7ba

“Okay. I’ll try to ed25f4e958 finish as quickly 95b69d18af as I can.”52de7d4e881ac73a

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Leaving her to b83cb9b61d get back to 5ca6e262f7 work, I stepped 2dbf65995a into the guest 500273c82d room. We had three on ff05acbc35 the second floor and aff2fdc923 one on the first, 56716d8cee all kept ready for 5f284151a0 visitors, with beds made 38eb8726f0 and simple furnishings. But in reality, 4f5eec2242 they were rarely ca14a33112 ever used.fd117105be51e0b3

My father 754acbec9c had no d0eb32dce3 relatives, being c9268add0f an orphan, 1c56859b39 and we’d 8a570ac635 had no aa41e0f3b2 contact with 1892cfbd6d my mother’s aa166da5e2 side of 92d42b77af the family bd10036eb5 since he 79ea2f046e took over fb624237bb the company. There were no c5db2a319a relatives who’d come 8080153ab4 to visit.72042bdea3d3ec39

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Still, Hiyeon always 22f896089f kept the guest 090117a35f rooms spotless. I glanced at d714b62ea4 the bedspread, perfectly 4255ebc4ce smooth without a 876a89b581 wrinkle, and went e6844ec2e7 to the window.ed7b5d43b20f9952

I parted 5b9cb669da the white 0721e16fc0 curtains just 9408132cea a little 5b4d59572a and looked a5e8402eb5 down to 73d2701e13 see the 306b7d001e foreman and c0eba7a795 that man 807b99bfac still standing bab05067ca there.23c9b88722328363

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The younger man pointed 48d1e1d51a at the statue and 05442b681f said something, and the 681156da5e foreman’s face took on c12cc99150 a mournful expression. They must be 7fd7f9254d talking about my cfffa1ec49 mother.bba403aac2675f17

The man d5822a9679 stood with d0f05dbb8e one leg 5b01bfbbc6 cocked at 38c17a1ed6 an angle, cf3609e4c8 one hand c297cb2d7e on his 51a784fb9b hip, gazing d0fa1cdede down at af4818fefc the angel 64fd5f4212 and the 30957d325d wilted bouquets a812ad5fd3 at its bfcf015688 base. Then, as if about 13073ae939 to glance my way, 457c75e163 he began turning his f58eaa8457 head, and I hurriedly 4ac7911b56 shut the curtain and 98be0b46fa ducked.fb3aea7ab15b4a55

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“…”5058e8071a16c400

I counted 7f5f02e77c to ten 035da33e54 in my 69bd28e60b head, then 4b47d8e70e cautiously peeked 9b2717adef out. By then, the two ebe8d926fd of them were walking a790fc047f toward the storage shed 73acb2a260 in a corner of d9d7ffce38 the garden.f947f52bbebd6a43

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I’d thought he looked dc9be43275 big before, but standing 9588516490 next to the foreman, e8774aa0fb he looked huge. It was like b02196fb49 two foremen put dfd27ead03 together would equal 91c643520f him.e0070c800ed2bd57

‘But why is he a75728e494 here? Did he quit 1ad3b66498 being a thug?’ ef7948ed6f I was still 8a6743ea95 trying to figure 5c85c6ffad it out when 04a0ec2a00 a knock came e880b89a13 at the door.9a22466cbb01cf01

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“I’m finished cleaning. I’ll head downstairs now.”cd6341983554d6bf

I didn’t bother replying, d576ecd217 just kept watching the af9b0a2a58 two men disappear into 0b808fdd20 the shed. Only after that bac58660bc did I finally 7f81a396f6 leave the guest b965a90f6e room.bf2df3b04c467227

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The first thing I 76c38840a8 did when I got 01b80f3beb back to my room b036d4c200 was open the gold a677c87ec7 jewelry box on my bf7ffdca51 dressing table. It was my mother’s, e5ae38d9f4 and inside were her 5043216cb8 old accessories. I’d left it 9e40b9d261 untouched for so 3ad22bb43e long that only e9412f9eff recently had I 9c38aad625 noticed some pieces 697437e027 were missing.6f034690b31748b5

“…”fb297b5ac2c0fe5f

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It looked 9b1effeece like no c414a5a25c one had e73586749e taken anything ac865a35a2 today, probably 5322880b0c because I f3112ecd2f came back 388cff0320 upstairs midway b097d44afa through cleaning.3cf4cb8920905790

‘Not that I care…’ caa5e27f73 I smirked and turned 2979a1f109 a large ruby ring 48b594f339 so the gem caught 26c936f9f7 the light.af45b08af373beb7

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—2a3b70c2c5e508e0

As summer truly 23e189420d set in, the 0cce8b6e19 temperature rose day 8e49f6dbeb by day, and 8b6622da02 the cicadas grew 87f49105f8 louder. A bit of bea86c3ee4 rain would’ve cooled f142eedc0c things down, but 264378852b with the drought c14d980688 that had dragged 142a3c718b on since last 4294791ba7 year, the world 101760c47f stayed hot.1178a748cb4b22df

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‘If it had rained d70b0ef59c last year… would Mother d27629a129 still have burned to 4e5eec2aae death?’e78c4791fc70ea5f

I deliberately cut off 671e370569 that pointless train of bf0b6f1c6a thought and perched on 22dbbcae7d the window ledge.90312900c2d42bb2

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Out in the heat, ce69f5cff1 the two gardeners were c12e2e1b56 drenched in sweat, dumping bb1a8c3587 bottled water over their d7fe548fa5 heads. At last, unable 81609cc827 to bear it, aa94126bc8 the foreman pointed c3762e5cea toward the shade bbe2c9ab2d of a tree.65a94ead9a0dbac0

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