The iPhone in the Sunlight
Margaret sat on the bench overlooking the community pool, her arthritic hands resting on her purse. At eighty-two, she no longer swam, but she still came here—partly for the warmth...
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Margaret sat on the bench overlooking the community pool, her arthritic hands resting on her purse. At eighty-two, she no longer swam, but she still came here—partly for the warmth...
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