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  The breeze from the river picked up the pieces of paper I had torn and blew them across the grass. It still wasn’t too late for me to go after them, but I let them go, thinking: The grapes were probably sour anyway. Hope Julie can work things out for herself. Ana Luz will get along all right, as soon as she gets used to the feel of her wings. Fifty thousand dollars, a broken shoulder, and a kiss—no, two kisses. Good enough for a month’s work. They were nice kisses, too. Wonder why Ana Luz sounded so sad…

  The sun shining on the bench made me sleepy. I dozed off.

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