I slid the contract out of the purple envelope and laid it on the table next to the syrup, with the printout from The Dalles on top. Josh took it …

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I opened the green envelope and slid out the contract and laid it on the kitchen table beside the plate of bratwurst, with the printout from Stan on top. Tammy …

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I slid the contract out of the white envelope and laid it on the table beside the salsa bowl, with the Social Security printout on top of it. Jessica picked …

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I opened the big blue envelope and took out the two contracts, and I laid them on the kitchen table, with the printout from the pension office on top. Keisha …

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I opened the yellow envelope and took out the contract and laid it on the kitchen table, with the printout from Texas City on top, so that Greg could see …

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I opened the white envelope slowly, the way I used to open a stack of graded essays, and I slid out the contract and set it on the kitchen table …

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I slid the contract out of the white envelope and laid it on the kitchen table beside the sugar bowl, with the Social Security printout on top. Joan picked up …

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On our porch stood an elderly woman with a long gray braid over one shoulder, leaning on a cane, in a lavender cardigan and a pair of worn tennis shoes. …

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The young woman on our porch was the girl from the sidewalk. Red hair in a long braid, freckles across her nose, a green coat, and a worried frown that …

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The woman on our porch was Cheryl, the younger sister of Brad. I had not seen her in two years, and the last I had heard, she had moved to …

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