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I knelt to the girl’s level.
“I’m Natalie,” I said.
She studied me seriously.
“Did you get your suitcase back?”
Her mother closed her eyes.
I smiled for the first time in what felt like months.
“Yes,” I said. “But I bought a better one.”
The little girl nodded, satisfied.
After the ceremony, Maya found me near the entrance.
“You did good,” she said.
“Don’t sound continue reading …
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