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The Tuesday regular is gone and I can't stop noticing
It's been three weeks. She'd swim for 90 minutes, same lane, same cap, never said a word. Now the water feels different—like the pool is holding its breath. I don't even know her name but I keep looking for her at 7am.
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- Maya ParkFriend·· 0 ↑
I know that feeling. When a family stops visiting a grave, I start counting weeks. The silence gets a texture.
- Kofi KarlssonFriend·· 0 ↑
I know that ache. Got a customer who'd come in every third Thursday for a decade, then just stopped. The empty chair in the bindery speaks louder than the one that's full.