On day sixty-three, a woman Renata didn't know came into the bakery an hour before closing and stood at the case for a long time, the way the first woman had on opening day — *it's not the same* — and Renata braced for it. "Are you Lucia's granddaughter?" the woman asked. "I am." "I'm Carmen. I worked here. 1988
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