"She has a smile on her face. She is listening to her iPod. I think her mind is in another place, doing something she has never done. Maybe she is kissing someone she has never met, maybe she is climbing a mountain she has never seen, maybe she is the best doctor in the world while she has never set foot in medical school. Maybe her parents are back together, maybe she is getting straight A’s, maybe her father is finally proud. Maybe she is flying or swimming or jumping or dancing. Maybe she is the best piano player in the world. Maybe she is happy. Maybe she is winning gold at the Olympics or maybe she is getting a Nobel prize. What are you doing, stranger?"
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