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The Tuesday That Wouldn't Stay Buried

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Mara got to the corner shop, but Tomas had already left. The barista said he'd headed toward Main Street ten minutes ago. Mara's stomach dropped. That was the exact street. She turned and ran for it, screaming his name into the crowd.

Mara saw Tomas step off the curb just as the truck came. She didn't think. She sprinted and tackled him onto the sidewalk. They hit the ground hard, scraped and bleeding, but alive. The truck blew past, horn blaring. Tomas stared up at her, shaking. "How did you know?" he whispered.

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