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The Other Hand on the Wheel
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They open the slip together and the ink is rewriting itself as they watch, the date crawling forward one minute at a time. 'It's correcting,' the other Mara whispers. 'The loop is fixing the mistake. When the dates match, one of us stops existing.' Mara checks her watch. Two minutes to match.
The dates crawl closer and Mara feels herself thinning, like the rain is starting to fall straight through her. The other Mara grabs her hand and holds on tight. 'Take mine,' Mara says. 'You finish the route.' When the dates lock, only one woman stands in the lot, holding two sets of memories and one steady heartbeat. She gets in the car and drives the package home.
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