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Submitted to Contest #171
Giselle looked cautiously through the curtains. Fortunately they were lined, too thick to give away her silhouette. No sign of the taxi. She had been told by the hotel clerk to only get into taxis with the metal lightning bolt fixture attached to the roof. Those were legitimate taxis. He had regaled her with many a harrowing tale of tourists who ignored such warnings and were robbed or worse. From here she would go to the waterfront. Ivan had arranged for his security guard to meet her and bring her by boat to Ivan’s private island. The real...
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