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Letters to the Lighthouse We Never Built
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Mara arrived at the dock to find it taped off and a town notice nailed to a post. The cliff where the lighthouse was meant to stand had been sold to a developer. Theo stood staring at the sign. "They're putting up a parking lot," he said quietly. "We have two weeks before they break ground."
With only days left, Theo and Mara worked through the nights to finish the tower before the bulldozers came. They beat the deadline by hours. When the developer arrived, the lighthouse stood lit and tall, and the whole village stood around it. "You can't tear down a landmark that's already shining," the mayor said. The developer left without a word.
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