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The Dinner
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2026-05-22 09:00:00Amara's POV
Monday morning.
Five days to December fourteenth.
I started the coat before breakfast.
Not the full construction.
The planning.
I stood at the bedroom window with my sketchbook.
The December morning outside.
The street below waking up.
The bodega owner across the way.
The sp
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