Trouble Arrives
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As the clock read 8 PM, Alicia heard a knock on her front door. She hurried over only to meet her neighbor. The man smiled at Alicia and apologized for bothering her at night.
“It’s nothing,” Alicia answered. But she also apologized for not welcoming him in. She explained her son’s sickness and her worries over it being contagious. The man nodded in understanding. “I have a favor to ask,” he said.
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