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An Untitled Work of Fiction: Chapter 1

He'd worked at this restaurant for under three months when I tripped on the top step of a nail salon, fell down a flight of rickety concrete steps, and shattered my left leg.

The Card

Jay, 2019

"Why did you throw that card from Peggy away?" I asked pointedly. 

This is where everything begins and ends.


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