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Shivering, I climbed in, turned the key in the ignition, and cranked up the heater. I wasn’t sure if I was cold from the proximity to the ocean or my time with Sarah. The wind had done its best to stand my hair on end. I shook it out, smoothing it with my fingers, and pulled it back into the clasp again. I couldn’t decide where to go next. There was really no point in returning downtown.
I had managed to push Maggie’s visit the night before out of my mind, but now it all came flooding back. I certainly understood her anger but I was more concerned by how fragile she had seemed. I wasn’t far away from her apartment. I checked my watch. It was just possible she was home or close by. She answered on the second ring.
“Julia! You must be a mind reader, I was just thinking about calling yo
