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Meeting Early Grey

Wendy Carr

Submitted to Contest #287

As I entered Debby’s house that Saturday afternoon, I was welcomed by the smell of homemade scones even as she greeted me. “Come in! I was just about to put on a pot of tea!”She’d invited me to watch an old movie, one of her favorites on VHS, from the extensive collection she proudly maintained and catalogued. The film was something British, though I don’t remember now what the title was. She asked me what kind of tea I liked, and I hesitated. In my uninitiated 20-something’s mind, “tea” in someone’s home (as opposed to a restaurant) me...

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