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The little girl tosses a coin in the fountain, eyes pinched shut, her concentration similar to his daughter’s all those years ago, how she’d hold her breath making wishes, birthday or not, her faith unshakeable, like a prayer of absolute certainty, the very one he mimics each night, clutching his daughter’s Pooh Bear, trying not to squeeze too hard, trying not to lose the stuffing or let the loose eye fall from its thread.