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\u201cA vacation?\u201d Amanda sang. \u201cHow thoughtful. Time alone. Far, far away.\u201d The laughter sounded like glass breaking somewhere you couldn\u2019t reach in time to catch it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf there\u2019s nothing else,\u201d I said, refolding the ticket with hands I kept from shaking by force.<\/p>\n

\u201cActually,\u201d Palmer winced, \u201ca stipulation. Should you decline to use this ticket, Mrs. Thompson, any potential future considerations will be nullified.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFuture considerations?\u201d Amanda\u2019s brows knit and then smoothed like silk. \u201cWhat does that even mean?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not at liberty to explain,\u201d he said, and looked like a man who disliked the shape of the room he was in.<\/p>\n

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