Kelly Russell pulted he~ coat a iittie tighter， \" \" \"-~
. _ ~t~.tm~g her
shoulders together as th，~: worr~ fabric balked a~ closing. The
coat was nearly ff)ur years old and it had~ t aged well The
gray polyester had ~ ~ ~\" - ~
~uo.Kt，~ cheap and shiny when new. lit sd~l
looked cheap， but the shine bad worn off years ago， leaving
the edges frayed mad the pockets threadbare.
Kelly had been a third， angu!ar ~urteen~.ye~ -o~d when the
coat was purchased. She was stilt thin bu0~ no longer a.~g~a-
lar， and it was an unfortu~ate fact that the coat hadn t
grown as her body filled out. Now ~he misma~，ched bm，~or~s
refused to close across her bust， a~!owing the co~d， late-
December wind to cut through her.
She shivered， sheltered even as she was by the library~s
wide porch. The winter weather seemed more 5it~er than it
had in years past. Or maybe she just felt it more. Lately it
seemed as if she was always cold， deep inside where no coat
could warm.
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