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Author: Johndoe
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Janet

I made sure Janet was fast asleep before I slipped quietly out of the apartment.

Dr. Aris’s words still echoed in my mind—extreme stress will terminate this pregnancy. Janet was finally resting, finally beginning to heal, and feeling those tiny first flutters of life inside her. I refused to let her carry the anxiety of a fifty-thousand-dollar ransom for a flash drive.

I drove through the heavy midnight rain to a dimly lit diner on the industrial outskirts of the city.

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