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"The autumn wind in Maplewood Park had a bite to it, the kind that nipped at your nose and seeped through the seams of a light jacket. It was late October, and the trees were ablaze with the dying colors of the year. For nine-year-old Leo, the park was usually a sanctuary, but today, it felt vast and exposed. He sat alone on a peeling green wooden bench, checking his watch every thirty seconds. He was waiting for his mother. In his lap, he clutched his most prized possession: a cheap plastic wat