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Rain lashed against the salon window as Princess, a particularly vocal Pomeranian, decided my forearm was her personal chew toy. Blood welled up in tiny punctures while Mrs. Henderson tapped her foot impatiently, her Burmese cat yowling from its carrier. "Your 2:30 is here early," she snapped, gesturing to another woman dripping by the doorway. My stomach dropped. That notebook – the one smelling of wet dog fur and stale coffee – claimed Mrs. Henderson at 3:15. I’d scribbled "Jenny H 2:30" in th

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Rain lashed against the window as I slumped on the couch, tracing the phantom ache in my left knee – a cruel souvenir from last month’s ill-advised burpee challenge. My phone buzzed with a memory notification: "One year since your last 5K!" The irony tasted like stale protein powder. I’d become a connoisseur of false starts, my fitness apps gathering digital dust beside abandoned resistance bands. That’s when Mia’s video call pierced through the gloom, her screen showing a sun-drenched home gym.

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