Amanda is done, or almost done, or done for now, leaving in the morning when Charlie comes to fetch her.
Spines rounded & backed, endbands tacked on, fifteen books cased in & well-nipped by the time Melissa comes up with bubbles to celebrate.
--- I didn't finish, she tells Tana.
Tana chuckles an I-told-you-so chuckle; of course not, nobody ever finishes on time.
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