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> Put the bracelet in the bowl for safekeeping and investigate the shelves







The bottom shelf contains boxes that smell like old paper, so you don't much bother with it. The second shelf is full of books; the third, a collection of framed photographs. There's a lumpy fabric pillow thing on top of the bookcase that smells very strongly of unfamiliar cat, even from a few feet away. You think it's the same cat you smelled on the clothes.

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Alison Wilgus 2013