Thirty Veterans in Leather Vests Arrived at My Front Door on Tuesday Morning

near the wooden fence, and the man in the leather vest was leaning against the brick wall of the shop. He stood up as I approached, his boots heavy on the stones.

“Clara,” he said. His voice was a deep, slow baritone that seemed to vibrate in the cold afternoon air.

I stopped three feet from my car door, my keys cold in my palm. “Do I know you?”

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