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Chapter 47:The Ghost in the Terminal
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2026-03-12 09:00:00Amara’s POV
The Port Authority Bus Terminal was a cathedral of broken dreams, smelling of stale coffee, diesel fumes, and the damp wool of a thousand strangers. It was the perfect place to disappear.
I pulled my hood lower, the cheap fabric scratching against my forehead. My hand was clamped tight over the handle of a duffel bag I’d bought for ten dollars at a corner bodega. Inside were two changes of clothes, my father’s old sewing
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