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Submitted to Contest #333
Oil and Vinegar Spotting Monsieur Deschamps waiting on the platform as we pull into the Limoges station, I’m tempted to slip back into the crowd and pretend I missed the train. Too late. I’m shoved onto the platform by excited passengers. Monsieur Deschamps raises a hand halfway when he spies me, like a kid who doesn’t want to be seen by the professor, and takes a drag from his cigarette in the other. “Bienvenue,” he says in a flat voice, surveying me before reaching for my bag. I’ve been his kids’ au pair for two months, but he still treat...
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