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Submitted to Contest #317
What Was Real The rain began without warning—sharp, heavy, and endless.It drummed against the corrugated rooftops of the market and poured into the gutters until the streets themselves blurred into a single stream.She pulled her handbag close, pressing it against her chest as if it were something fragile, something living. Her coat was too thin to shield it, but still she tried, tilting her shoulder to block the water.“Careful,” she whispered, half to herself. “It might get ruined.”Beside her, her oldest friend slowed and turned, a smile tug...
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