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She ran her fingers across the lid of the box feeling theedges. She wondered how this gift had arrived. She wasn’t expecting agift. It was a late January afternoonand the clouds were closing in on another cool day. The trees blew ever so slightlyin the breeze. Miranda was a twentyishsomething blonde with bright red lips. She had pale ivory skin and bright pinknails. She sat the box in the middle ofher dining room table. It was wrapped in bright yellow paper with a bright redbow. There was no tag or writing, just an empty white card attached at thetop. She grabbed a pair of scissors froma kitchen drawer filled with buttons and trinkets. She made a single cut at the top of the bow.It fell apart cascading all around the box until it all hit the table. She ran her fingers through the bow. It felt soft and velvety. She picked up the long untied bow and wrappedit around her shoulders as if it were a scarf. Against her bright yellow sundress she thought she looked like the box. It fell off of her shoulders. Shewent back to the package. She grabbed her scissors and started making a singlecut down the front of the box. The scratching of the scissors filled the air.She took her left hand and just ripped the paper right in half sending a pieceacross the table. There laid a wooden box. It was a rich dark mahogany box witha brass handle. Against the handle on a white string fell a small silver key.The key glistened in the light. It had the initials ME inscribed in cursive.She picked up the key and tore it from the handle. On top of the box was a small round key hole.Above it was inscribed “Know” in the same cursive lettering. She put the keyinto the box and turned it clockwise once until she heard a click. The boxopened slightly. She put her hand on the brass handle and pulled up. The boxpopped open revealing a white envelope. She grabbed the envelope then herscissors cutting along the edge. She stopped. She looked at the box again and thenat the envelope. She ran her hand on top of the box again feeling the indentationof the letters…She began to open the envelope. She then heard a knock on herdoor. She set the envelope down and went to the door. The envelope laid next to the scissors then blewoff the table from a fan across the room. The envelope fell on the floor andout came a photo. It was a picture of Miranda in her bright yellow sun dresswith a red bow. Miranda never came back to the table. Miranda did not live past the envelope hitting the floor.

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