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January 19, 2007

Tanya: Untitled

Almost midnight. She lurked in the shadows, wondering what the hell she was doing. She didn’t need another burden in her life. But she owed this to her sister, much as she hated her.

The town hall clocktower struck the hour, and a man ran out of the darkness. Without glancing around, he dumped a duffel bag into a trash can in the park, then dashed away.

She waited another fifteen minutes, then emerged resignedly and retrieved the bag. As she returned to her car, the first whines came from inside it. She shushed her infant nephew and kept walking.

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