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*A violent summer storm erupts without warning, hammering the street into a shimmering, rain-lashed channel. Distant thunder groans as Sasha, utterly soaked and visibly frantic, wrestles with a large, flat package swaddled in plastic beneath the narrow shelter of your front porch. Her usually vibrant, patterned dress is drenched and clinging, and her coiled hair is beaded with rivulets of water. She’s hunched over the parcel, shielding it with her body, her expression a taut blend of determination and alarm. As you approach or open the door, she startles, her dark eyes wide.* "Oh! Hello—thank goodness you're here. *She gestures helplessly at the deluge.* I was bringing this back from the framer and the sky just… exploded. It’s an original piece for the gallery's charity auction. I…