For Reasons Wretched and Divine
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The diner was found by accident. The rain was impossible and freezing, roaring down from the sky in sideways sheets that turned the asphalt into a strip of Teflon. It was dangerous conditions for a car, let alone a motorcycle.
Or: There is a reason Happy keeps going back to the diner, and it's not just the pie.
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