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Moist and musty air greeted Leah in the Total Fitness Studio as she stood with one hand on the wall, stretching her leg muscles before working out, dressed in yoga pants and a loose-fitting old T-shirt. She'd missed this, the sense of sweat and effort from her daily workouts. It had been a long time, too long, since sitting shiva for a week followed by the tension of reading the will and trying to get things settled at the bakery. She hadn't realized until she'd been gone from the workouts for a while how much she used the time alone to calm herself and her thoughts. It had become something necessary in life and not just an extra. Her workouts were an essential part of who she was as a person when she could let her mind loose and let go to physical exertion.
She seated herself on a sta
