Leave her at the hospital, the relatives kept urging. What on earth made you take her home? his husband shouted, gesturing at the newborn daughter tucked...
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I meet James at a quantumphysics lecture in Cambridge. It sounds dull, but among the equations about parallel universes I spot a kindred spirit. He sits...
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I didnt ask you to upend your life. Emily, are you sure youre alright? You dont make decisions like that in a week, Grace said, eyeing...
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היה סוף אוקטובר, בבאר שבע עוד נשבה החמסין המאוחר שחודר דרך כל בד, לא משנה מה לובשים מתחתיו. אני לבשתי...
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