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The red-and-black backed cards were arranged in a column and in a semi-circle on the round red oak table. Nothing else was visible in the room save for three purple candles that gave off a dim light above the table. Slowly with practiced precise movements, feminine hands reached out over the cards and flipped over the card on the bottom of the column. They did the same for a middle card in the semi-circle. The first card flipped over depicted a yellow smiley face, the second card showed a but...

Torrents of rain smashed against the long glass window of the 24-hour ‘Fast-Mart’ creating an echoing noise that was both soothing and unbearable. It was another of those early morning May rain storms. The kind of storms that were never on the news and no one ever knew about unless they happen to be out at four in the morning when it happened. By the time people started getting up, around seven or so, the hot dawn sun would’ve already dried up the puddles to a point that the average person wo...