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Tuesday. The kitchen, twenty past eight.
Maya had not slept, and she had made the coffee at ten to six, and by the time the key turned at eight exactly, she had rehearsed the seven words so many times they had stopped sounding English.
Marta came in the way she always came in, shoulder first, canvas bag, no greeting until she was fully inside the room.
"Mrs. Ashford."
"Morning."
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