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Weekly Contest #357
The diner was filling up as the clock ticked past 7 a.m. on this sunny Tuesday in June. Caroline gave herself a mental high-five for arriving fifteen minutes ahead of the rush. She’d sat in her usual booth halfway between the diner’s front door and the restroom, positioned far enough from the door’s clanging bell to avoid being jolted each time a customer entered the greasy joint. The bench seat’s cracked red vinyl, black tape holding the splits together for dear life, held hidden imprints of all the butts that had occupied the spot over the...
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