When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

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Miranda had no idea what Paul and Christine discussed in the study, but she wasn’t just sitting around. During that time, she and Olivia prepared meat filling together and made nearly a hundred meatballs to freeze for later.

Olivia said, “Great! Dr. Young loves the filling you make, and these will be more than enough for her to enjoy for a while.”

Miranda replied, “Next time, let’s try using lettuce instead

“Great idea. I’ll make sure to get both the meat and lettuce ready,” Olivia said excitedly.

After they finished tidying up the kitchen, Paul and Christine came out of the study.

“It’s getting late, so I won’t keep you. You should head back now,” she said.

“Goodbye, Dr. Young.”

“Take care on the road, and drive safely,” Christine reminded them.

Paul and Miranda each drove their own cars, so they met in the garage.

“Dr. Jefferson come over here,” she called, and the trunk popped open.

walked over

explained the metal box’s origin to Paul. “Dr. Young said these are gifts from your ex–classmates. She’s kept them all these years, so now it’s time to

the box thoughtfully before glancing at her. “Did you open

when Dr. Young opened it, but I didn’t touch anything

Paul

a few gift boxes, mostly greeting cards and postcards packed in envelopes. Otherwise, it would

up to the seventh floor and stopped in front of Paul’s apartment door. Since he was holding the

while slipping the key back into

her own door, Paul suddenly

She paused and turned to face him.

want to… come over

him

clarified, “I just thought you might want to sit for a while and… maybe take a look at the stuff in the box with me. It’s nothing else,

gifts from someone else to you, I’ll pass. Good night.” She smiled, opened the door, and waved

apartment with the box and

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first thing he saw was a pink box wrapped in satin ribbon and tied into a bow. It was clear someone had put a lot of thought into decorating it. One side of the box had the name Emilia Quimby” written on it

remember his earlier conversation with