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A Candid Exchange by Brian Hawkins

January 27, 2026January 27, 2026 literallystories2014

Though the supermarket stayed open twenty-four hours a day, the photo counter closed at ten. Most people, Kroger believed, did not need rolls of film urgently developed in the middle of the night.

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