She thought she was beyond saving. The mirror confirmed it: hollow cheeks, cracked lips, a life worn down to its last thread. People passed her like a stain on the sidewalk, a problem to avoid, a burden to ignore. Then one stranger did the unthinkable. She stopped. She listened. She reached for her hands and whisper.
Rita had spent years …
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