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Submitted to Contest #290
The long, boring summer days stretched endlessly, each one blending into the next like the slow, languid waves kissing the beach shore. The heat in Tokyo was oppressive, a heavy blanket that smothered the city and its inhabitants. Keiko, ever resourceful, had fashioned paper fans for her three younger sisters. Their laughter and chatter filled the small, cozy home, a lively contrast to the muffled murmurs drifting from the kitchen. There, their mother sat, a newspaper clutched tightly in one hand and the corded telephone pressed to her ear, ...
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