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Submitted to Contest #313
Darcy Williams steps off the tube into the cool autumn air of the city and lights a cigarette. Her metal flip lighter is engraved with the name of the man she is on her way to meet; her father had never been a smoker but always kept the lighter on him. She is still in her work clothes, having only taken the time to drop her briefcase before dashing out the door again, although, in most ways, this was work. Her boss had pitched her the article about childhood, about elderly parents, about distance. She knew she could do it, of course she coul...
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