I logged into my bank. Lumi's payment pushed my account out of the red and still left a healthy balance. A quick mental calculation and I transferred as much as I dared to the special saving account for the first time in a long time. It was still a depressingly long way from what I needed.
The e-mail notification winked at me as I logged out of the bank, I checked it; a Friend request. Lumi must have sent it from the taxi almost as soon as she left. I accepted and the ocean of social data that reflected her life blossomed in front of me; contacts, blog posts, location updates, links that interested her, photo albums.
I dived in.
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Less Of Her
Short StoryClaudia is a shut-in, a nerd. She creates custom cybernetic limbs, unique works of art. Lumi is everything Claudia is not, exotic, exciting, outgoing. Claudia comes to realise they both have their secrets. Secrets that will tear them apart.
