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Before Dark

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His mother set the hour at breakfast.

“You leave after the first gate. You are back before the sun drops. She walks you to the bus. If you miss that bus, you call this house before you call anyone else.”

Lily-Rose said, “I will.”

The other girl was already dressed.

“No bag that looks like leaving. Water. Money. That is all.”

The little one wanted her lap and got it for one minute. The quiet one watched her shoes.

“You come back before the park.”

“Yes. Before the park.”

They walked to the stop i
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