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MAL RESEMBLED NOTHING else as much as a poorly gathered…

Two

“THIS WAS SUPPOSED to be my night off,” I said…

Three

FOR A VERY brief moment after Mal kicked me out…

Four

MICHAEL INTRODUCED ME to Hiko, a tall, slender, blind Japanese…

Five

LIVING FOR MORE than a few days in a hotel…

Six

MY FIRST PUBLIC event organized by Michael was Hiko’s showing.

Seven

DURING THE NEXT two weeks Hiko’s apartment either blazed with…

Eight

THE DAY AFTER our run on the bridge I woke…

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TWO DAYS AFTER the shoot, with Mal’s help, I tried…

Ten

AT FIRST, WHEN I arrived at the Thomas’ lobby, I…

Eleven

I’D BEEN AT the hotel for a month, spending my…

Twelve

AS I HAD prayed for on the drive to the…

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AS SOON AS my plane landed I returned to Hiko’s…

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