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If that’s the case, here’s a very short story based on that idea:

And somewhere, beyond the horizon, the woman in the locket smiled too. e mberego

And so he told her of a woman with salt in her hair and laughter like wind chimes. Of a dance under a tin roof during rain. Of a letter never sent, folded into a locket. If that’s the case, here’s a very short

“ E mberego ,” she repeated softly — as if learning a prayer. If that’s the case

“What was her name?” she asked.