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Submitted to Contest #333
Bill set the double boiler on the stove and watched the water begin to simmer. Saturday morning, and he was tempering chocolate because his daughter asked him to make truffles for Christmas. She was turning twelve. The dark chocolate went into the bowl. Good couverture chocolate, 54.5% cacao. He stirred as it melted, the solid pieces surrendering to heat, losing their form. Everything that had made it chocolate—the shine, the structure, the snap—gone. His phone buzzed. Another text from Gerald. "Check your voicemail". He wiped some chocolate...
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