Project Dakota: Rising of the dead
She scampered back to the rug and held up her masterpiece—a princess with a green dress and a purple dog, the colors bursting outside the lines with joyful abandon.
The simple beauty of it, the sheer normalcy, was almost too much to bear. "She's beautiful, Lena," I managed, my throat tight.
"I was starting to get worried."
The voice came from the doorway to the kitchen. Carlos stood there, leaning against the frame, his presence a solid, calming constant. In his arms, he cradled a woven basket heaped with the season’s bounty from the community garden: deep red tomatoes, vibrant orange carrots, and a few late-season apples that shone like polished jewels in the lamplight. The sight was a test
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