White Star

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Thanks to Peter Crow, C. James Frush, Sally A. Martin, John D. Reagh III, Jay McM. Thayer, John L. Thayer, M.D., Laurie Dinnison Thayer, Dexter A. Washburn, Mark A. Washburn, Robert O. Wells, Jr., and my wonderful and remarkable wife, Patricia Wallace Thayer.

The star appeared in the void where none had been before, flickering as it struggled to life, sending forth delicate tendrils of light that lanced the eternal darkness. Then the star burst to full radiance, filling the vault of heaven with opalescent rays.

"Are you kidding me?" Anna Renthal whispered. "Origami?"

Owen Gray looked down at his hand. The star rested in his palm. Startled, he flicked his fingers and it fell to the table where it lay lifeless and tiny.

She leaned slightly along the prosecutors' table toward him, looking at the jury as it filed into the courtroom. "It's a pissant hobby for a grown man, if you ask me." She spoke almost without moving her lips, her eyes following the jurors as they took their seats.

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