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The Night Before
July 31st 2009 I was standing in Yokohama Station, waiting. Waiting, holding my breath.
She looked at me, not understanding. Her mind finally caught up with ears and her eyes flew wide open.
She had not been expecting it.
She leaned forward.
She opened her mouth to respond…
It was August 7, 2009. I had roughly a week and a half left in Japan. It was a Friday.
I smiled uneasily as I left work, my ob
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