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Steady
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Steady

I closed the apartment door behind me and turned the key to lock it. A letter in a reddish pink envelope attached with a piece of tape above my peephole fluttered and flapped against the door as I closed it.

I sighed and looked around as I pulled the letter off my door to see if I was alone. How long had this been here? I didn’t even hear anyone come up to my door, and these walls are paper-thin. I took a quick peek. Not that I didn’t already know what it said. This was the third one.

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