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SMALL BLESSINGS

BY TIMA

CHAPTERS

16 - 20





chapter 16:

[Tea returns to digging through boxes while Todd watches the sleeping baby on his chest. It's been a long time since he's had this much close contact with a baby. He enjoys the way it makes him feel, knowing that this little person sleeping on him trusts him completely. Tea's trust in him, despite everything that's happened in the past, also makes him feel good. He feels better in this moment than he has in a long time.

When Tea finds what she's been searching for, she sits down on the floor next to the sofa. She looks up at Todd, who has his eyes closed and a peaceful expression on his face.]

Tea: Are you awake?

Todd: Do you think I could sleep with this massive weight on my chest?

Tea: I could move him, if it's too much for you.

Todd: I can take it. How much does the kid weigh?

Tea: I'm not sure. I need to contact his old doctor and find a new one here. I've already asked some of the people I know with babies for recommendations.

Todd: So, the kid's not from around here? Did your brother live in that town where the thing was?

Tea: The funeral? He lived near there. His wife was from that area. That's why we buried them there. Would you like to see my brother and his wife?

Todd: You want to go all the way out there tonight?

Tea: I was referring to their pictures.

[Tea holds up a photo album.]

Tea: I thought you might want to see pictures of your new friend when he was first born.

Todd: I'm not really that big on looking at pictures.

Tea: That, I know, is not true. You have quite a collection of pictures of Starr.

Todd: She's photogenic.

Tea: So is my nephew.

[Tea opens the photo album and shows Todd a picture of Little Enrique moments after his birth.]

Todd: He looks weird.

Tea: That's how babies look when they're born.

Todd: I missed that part with Starr.

Tea: You must have seen pictures.

Todd: A few.

Tea: If you'd rather not look at these, you don't have to.

Todd: It's okay. I can take it. I know you chicks are into this kind of stuff.

[Tea finds a picture of her brother holding his son and shows it to Todd.]

Todd: That's your brother?

Tea: Yes.

[Todd can tell that Tea's emotions are about to overwhelm her.]

Todd: We don't have to do this right now, Delgado.

Tea: Look at his smile. You can see how much he adored this little boy. He was so happy to have his life back on track. He had a wife he adored, who adored him. He had a new baby. He was so determined to get it right this time.

[Tea flips through the photo album and shows Todd all the empty pages that hadn't yet been filled, because of the sudden loss of Little Enrique's parents.]

Tea: I thought about continuing what they started and filling this whole thing with pictures, but now I don't think I will. This photo album tells their story perfectly, just the way it is. So much promise and love that ended too quickly. I'll start a new photo album for Little E. I'll leave this one as it is. The empty pages representing all that was lost, all that could have been.

[Todd is silent, not really knowing what to say. He knows that Tea is hurting. He wants to do something to stop her pain but doesn't know what he could possibly say, or do, to help her through this moment.

Tea places the photo album on the coffee table and turns to look at her nephew, still asleep on top of Todd. She places her hand lightly on the baby's back while resting her head against Todd's shoulder.

Todd stays completely still and doesn't say anything. He's never felt comfortable in moments like this and Tea's tears aren't helping him feel at ease right now.

After a few minutes, Tea gets up and leaves the living room. Todd hears her in the bathroom, blowing her nose.

He sits up on the sofa, trying to be careful not to wake the baby. When Tea returns, she sits down on the sofa, next to him.]

Tea: I'm sorry about that.

Todd: Don't be.

Tea: I know you didn't come here to watch me fall apart.

Todd: I came for the kid.

Tea: I think that, just maybe, you came hoping to help me keep everything together.

Todd: Little E and I have this connection.

Tea: I still feel connected to you. I'm glad you came.

Todd: You just want someone else to be on diaper duty, to deal with the dooty in the diaper.

[Tea laughs at Todd's insistence on keeping things from becoming personal.]

Tea: Okay. You win. I'll give up trying...for tonight.

Todd: Are you going to bed now?

Tea: Maybe I should. You really don't have to stay tonight. Little E's asleep and I'll probably fall asleep quickly. I don't want you to feel like you have to stay, if you really don't want to. We'll be fine.

Todd: Does he sleep through the night?

Tea: Not that I've experienced yet.

Todd: I'll stay. You can sleep the whole night.

Tea: You're sure?

Todd: Either I stay here tonight, or I pick my kid up at Viki's. I'd rather change a diaper than listen to another lecture from my sister. She thinks just because she's old, she's also wise. She's wrong.

Tea: Viki's been lecturing you a lot?

Todd: She's happily in hell with this guy named Ben.

Tea: I remember Ben. He seemed like a nice guy.

Todd: I wouldn't know. I always seem to zone out every time I'm forced to be around him. They should use him on one of those tapes that are supposed to put people to sleep. The worst thing about him, though, is that now that Viki's happily in hell with him, she's determined to find someone to send me to hell with.

Tea: She's trying to fix you up? Todd Manning on a blind date...

Todd: If you ever, ever give her that idea...

[Tea laughs at the image of Todd suffering through the horrors of a blind date.]

Todd: You shouldn't laugh. Right now, she'd probably pick you to be the one on the other end of that date.

Tea: She knows it's over between us.

Todd: Not in her twisted mind.

Tea: I guess your returning to my life while I'm going through a difficult time, arranging a meeting in the park, and spending the night at my apartment, could be construed as attempts to renew our relationship.

Todd: If you went out of your way to read something into every little thing.

[Tea leans close to Todd and kisses her nephew's head. While still close to him, she looks up at Todd. They share eye contact for a moment, before Tea pulls away and stands up.]

Tea: Goodnight, Todd. Wake me, if you need to. I'll leave the bedroom door open. If he wakes up and you have trouble getting him back to sleep, bring him into the bedroom and try putting him in his crib. Sometimes a change of scenery seems to work for him.

[Tea leaves the living room and enters her bedroom. Todd looks down at the baby and smiles. She practically invited him to spend time in her bedroom tonight and he plans on taking advantage of the invitation.]

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chapter 17:

[An hour later...

Tea is still lying awake, unable to sleep. She doesn't know if it's because of all the stress she's currently under, the depression that she feels, or because she knows that her ex-husband is in the next room. For whatever reason, she's exhausted but still unable to sleep.

When she hears Little Enrique begin crying with the distinctive cry that she's come to recognize as his demand to be fed, she gets out of bed and puts on her robe.

As she enters the living room, she smiles at the sight before her.

Todd looks up from the dirty diaper in front of him and notices the big grin on his ex-wife's face.]

Todd: Did you come because you can't resist doing chick work? Or, did you think I'd let the kid sit in this stuff all night?

Tea: Actually, I came out here because he's hungry and I wasn't sure if you knew how to prepare his bottle.

Todd: As long as you're here...

Tea: I guess I should expect to be woken up later, since I know this diaper won't last him through the night.

[Tea gestures for Todd to move out of her way. When he does, she takes his place on the sofa, next to the baby. She talks softly in Spanish to Little Enrique while she changes his diaper.

After putting his clean diaper on and refastening his pajamas, she's picking him up when, to her surprise, he smiles at her.]

Tea: Did you see that?

Todd: It was probably gas.

Tea: It was not. It was a smile.

[Tea returns to speaking in Spanish as she praises her nephew for his first smile. When she looks back at Todd she's beaming.]

Tea: Get the camera. I want a picture of it, if he does it again.

Todd: If you make this big a deal over a little smile, you're going to embarrass the hell out of the kid when he goes to the bathroom on his own for the first time.

Tea: This is an important moment. If only his parents could be here to see it.

[Sadness again fills the room.]

Tea: There's so much they'll never experience with him.

Todd: Yeah, but he's still got someone to make a big deal about stupid stuff. It's not like his folks ditched him on purpose and left him all alone.

Tea: I can't replace his parents.

Todd: Sure you can. It sucks what happened to them, but someday he'll tell you how lucky he was that, when his folks couldn't be there anymore, you stepped in. We both know what it's like to have parents choose to ditch us. He'll know that they didn't have a choice and that you did. He'll know that he was wanted by them. He'll know that he's wanted by you. I had three parents who ditched me. He'll know that he's had three that really wanted him. The kid's got more now than some people ever get.

[Tea looks up at Todd with such affection on her face, it makes him uncomfortable. Todd looks away from her gaze and looks at the baby.]

Todd: The kid's sticking his tongue out at you.

[Tea looks back at the baby.]

Tea: That's his way of saying he's hungry.

Todd: I thought maybe he was making fun of you for getting so sappy.

Tea: I think he expects a breast to magically appear whenever he wants one. He'll have to settle for a bottle.

Todd: The only difference between now and when he gets older is that, when he gets older, he'll be settling for a bottle with beer in it, instead of that baby stuff.

Tea: Is that why you drink so much beer?

Todd: Are we just going to sit around here yacking while the kid starves? Or, are you going to let me do my job and feed him?

Tea: I thought that was a chick job?

Todd: It is, but men are allowed to do it when they're trying to look good for a chick.

Tea: You're trying to look good for me?

Todd: That's not what I meant.

Tea: I'm the only female here.

Todd: Yeah, I noticed.

[Tea becomes uncomfortable with the way Todd is looking at her. She stands up and self-consciously pulls her robe closed tighter.]

Tea: Bring the baby. I'll show you where everything is and how to prepare his bottle.

[Tea walks out of the room. Todd picks Little Enrique up.]

Todd: This could be an interesting night, kid. This is the first night I've looked forward to since...well, since the last night I spent with your aunt. But, don't tell her, okay? I'm trying to play hard to get.

[Todd and Little E join Tea in the kitchen.]

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chapter 18:

[After preparing a bottle for Little Enrique, Tea returns to her bedroom. She listens to the distant sound of Todd's voice in the living room as he continues to impart his wisdom upon his young friend while feeding him. Tea soon falls asleep.

After finishing feeding him, Todd burps the baby. He then props Little E up in his lap and watches television with him, commenting on what crosses the screen as he flips through the channels.

As he continues to enjoy his time with Little Enrique, Todd clearly hears what he believes to be the sound of the baby dirtying his diaper.

Todd carries the baby toward Tea's bedroom and quietly enters the room. He sees her lying on her side, facing away from him. He walks further into the room and purposely bumps his leg against her bed. She doesn't respond.

Todd returns to the living room and sits down on the sofa, placing the baby on the cushion next to him.]

Todd (to the baby): Did we get to the lesson yet about how chicks can't be trusted to be there when you really need them?

[Todd grabs the diaper bag. He opens it and digs through the contents. To his delight, he finds that there are no more diapers in the bag.]

Todd: Good news, kid! We have an excuse for waking your aunt up and letting her deal with whatever you just did in your diaper.

[Todd returns to Tea's bedroom. He again looks at her lying on the bed, peacefully sleeping. He knows how exhausted she must be after everything she's been through lately.

Todd grumbles at the bizarre desire he suddenly has to put someone else's needs before his own wants. He looks around the room and notices a package of diapers on the floor near the crib. He kicks it into the hallway and toward the living room.

The boys return to the sofa.]

Todd: Okay, kid. It looks like I'm stuck really having to do this for you, this time. It's going to be different from what you've gotten used to with your aunt. I won't be talking down to you with any of that baby talk nonsense, and I won't be talking to you in Spanish, either. Now, I'm going to go in, get the job done and get out, as quickly as possible. And, if I have to, I'm going to hold my breath while I do it, so don't worry if I start changing colors.

[Todd maneuvers the baby's blanket underneath his small body and then opens the baby's pajamas and pulls his legs out of them. He gets a clean diaper and places it on the sofa cushion, next to the baby. He also takes several of the wet cloths from a box of baby wipes that is in the diaper bag.

With everything in place, Todd opens the diaper. He immediately considers waking Tea.]

Todd: That is gross, kid. Couldn't you have saved that for when your aunt wakes up in the morning?

[Todd cringes as he goes through the process of cleaning the baby. When he finally has a new diaper in place, he places the lower half of the baby's body back into his pajamas. He picks the baby up and carries him, along with the dirty diaper, into the kitchen. Just as he disposes of the dirty diaper, he gets another clear indication that the baby has relieved himself again.

Todd returns to the living room and starts the diaper changing process all over again.]

Todd: You don't like me, do you? I don't blame you. No one else does either. Although, of all the people giving me crap lately, you're the only one who's done it literally.

[This time, when Todd opens the diaper, he's relieved to find that it's only liquid that he has to deal with. His relief quickly ends when he realizes that the baby isn't finished relieving himself yet.

Minutes later...

Todd again enters Tea's bedroom. This time he places Little Enrique in his crib. Todd then quickly enters the bathroom and takes a much needed shower.]

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chapter 19:

[Minutes later...

Todd drops a bottle of shampoo in the bathtub, while he's showering.

In her bedroom, Tea awakens suddenly. She hears the sound of the shower running and is startled for a moment, until she remembers that Todd is spending the night in her apartment.

Tea also hears the sound of her nephew on the other side of the room making noises. As she sits up in bed, she hears Todd turn off the shower.

Tea doesn't want Todd to think that she doesn't trust his care of Little Enrique, but believing she has a few minutes while Todd dries himself off and dresses, she gets out of bed and approaches the baby's crib.

She's again startled when the bathroom door suddenly opens. She's even more startled when she looks toward the doorway of her bedroom and sees Todd standing before her wearing nothing but a towel.]

Todd: Delgado?

Tea: I'm sorry. I...

Todd: Were you faking this whole time?

Tea: Faking what?

Todd: You were just pretending that you were asleep.

Tea: No. I was asleep.

Todd: Liar!

Tea: It's the truth. I woke up. I heard the showering running. I was just checking on the baby.

Todd: Because you thought I hurt him?

Tea: I didn't think that.

Todd: Turn a light on.

Tea: Todd...

Todd: Do it!

[Tea approaches him near the doorway and turns on a light switch. The room fills with light and Tea gets a better look at Todd's towel-clad body.]

Todd: Stop staring at me and look at the kid. Check him out. Make sure the monster didn't do any damage.

Tea: I know you didn't hurt him, Todd. I wasn't checking on him because I was worried about that.

Todd (not believing her): Sure, you weren't.

[Todd storms out of the room and returns to the bathroom. Tea checks on Little Enrique and makes sure that he's comfortable. She then turns out the light and returns to bed.

A few moments later, Todd pulls open the bathroom door and storms toward the living room.]

Tea: Todd?

Todd: Go to hell!

[Tea gets out of bed again and walks into the living room.]

Tea: You can't leave like this.

Todd: Watch me!

Tea: Where's your shirt.

Todd: You can keep it. Consider it E's first artist display.

[Tea can't help but laugh, realizing why Todd felt the need to shower.]

Todd: Go ahead. Get a good laugh. Because, this is the last time you'll have Todd Manning to laugh at.

Tea: I would have warned you, but I thought you knew to be careful when you changed him. It's not the same as changing a girl.

Todd: This has all been a waste of time for me, but at least you got one last chance to laugh at my expense.

Tea: Todd, seriously, I wasn't checking on the baby because I didn't trust you.

Todd: I thought I could count on you to be straight with me. You're nothing but a lying bitch, just like all the rest.

Tea: It is late and if you continue refusing to listen to me, it's quite possible that you will have one angry bitch on your hands, but I assure you, I won't be a lying bitch.

Todd: I'm supposed to believe that, after you just got done lying to me?

Tea: I didn't lie to you. I was checking on the baby. I didn't deny that. It wasn't because I thought you had hurt him. I just wanted to make sure that he wasn't too cold, or too hot. That's all.

Todd: You expect me to believe you?

Tea: It's the truth. So, no, I don't actually expect you to believe me.

Todd: That was all it was?

Tea: It wasn't because I thought you had hurt him in any way. I just wanted to make sure that he was comfortable and okay. It's not just because you were taking care of him. Every time I've woken up in the middle of the night, since I've been taking care of him, I always get up and check on him. I just want to know that he's okay.

Todd: Maybe that's why you look like hell. You're not letting yourself sleep as much as you could if you'd stop being so paranoid.

Tea: Todd Manning is calling me paranoid?

Todd: I did that with Starr a lot. Maybe you're becoming me.

Tea: Is that a good thing or a bad thing?

Todd: It can't possibly be good. Just ask anyone who's ever known me.

Tea: I know you. I'll take it as a compliment.

Todd: You're a nut.

Tea: I'm a tired nut. Will you stay?

Todd: So I can take care of the kid while you sleep?

Tea: Yes. In the morning, I'll wash your shirt so you don't have to leave topless.

Todd: I guess I can stay...for the kid's sake.

Tea: Maybe you should spend the night in the bedroom...for the kid's sake.

Todd: Maybe I should.

[Tea turns and walks back to her bedroom. Todd watches her walk, enjoying the view of her in her nightgown. After she disappears from his view, he follows her into her bedroom]

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chapter 20:

[Todd enters the bedroom. Instead of joining Tea on her bed, like she expects, he chooses to sit in a rocking chair that's in one corner of the room.]

Tea: I thought you told me that real men don't use rocking chairs.

Todd: They do when they don't have any other choice.

Tea: You have a choice.

Todd: Your sofa isn't very comfortable.

Tea: I meant that you could share the bed with me.

Todd: You don't want that.

Tea: I'm offering. I wouldn't do that if I wasn't okay with it.

Todd: This is fine. Go back to sleep!

Tea: I hope I'll be able to.

Todd: Are you too bummed out to sleep?

Tea: I guess that's part of the difficulty for me now. That, and worrying about my nephew, and his future. And, worrying about my grandmother and my niece. Basically, I'm worried about everyone and everything.

Todd: Why?

Tea: Because my brother died, remember?

Todd: What are you worried about?

Tea: I'm not sure I know what you're asking.

Todd: Are you worried that all these other people will croak on you? Or, are you worried about how everyone is handling whatever happened to your brother.

Tea: He was in a car accident.

Todd: Was it his fault?

Tea: No.

Todd: Was it his wife's fault?

Tea: No.

Todd: Do you hate the guts of the person whose fault it was?

Tea: Maybe.

Todd: I could help you get revenge. It's the only thing I'm good for.

Tea: That is not true. Anyway, the legal system will take care of it. Besides, having to live with the knowledge that they caused the accident, and knowing that, because of them, a little boy was orphaned, should be punishing enough.

Todd: Some people wouldn't care.

Tea: Some people would beat themselves up for the rest of their lives because of something like that. I know you would.

Todd: I'm a selfish bastard. I don't care about anyone but myself.

Tea: You may be able to convince other people of that, but you'll never convince me. I've seen the punishment you put yourself through, even when things aren't your fault.

Todd: Some things were my fault, even if you never acted like they were.

Tea: Are we thinking about the same thing?

Todd: How the hell should I know?

Tea: I was thinking about that day, long ago, at the penthouse...

Todd: Drop it and go to sleep!

Tea: I had a feeling you were thinking about Patrick's death. It wasn't your fault, Todd.

Todd: Because of me a kid missed out on having a dad.

Tea: You didn't know that would happen.

Todd: I thought the kid's dad would get shipped off to a prison in another country. That's not much better.

Tea: You believed that Patrick had done something wrong and you wanted him punished.

Todd: I wanted him to suffer. Because of me, his kid ended up suffering, too.

Tea: You need to put it behind you. It was a long time ago.

Todd: Do you think Little E will ever get over that accident that took his folks?

Tea: For his sake, I hope he doesn't end up carrying around resentment for the rest of his life because of it.

Todd: You think resenting stuff that people did that screwed your life up when you were a little kid is a bad idea?

Tea: Do you resent the choices that were made when you were a baby?

Todd: Hell, yeah. You think I shouldn't?

Tea: I understand why you do. I just don't think carrying that anger is helping you.

Todd: I like my anger and resentment. They're the only feelings I have that make any sense to me.

Tea: What about love?

Todd: Don't want it. Don't need it.

Tea: I didn't believe it years ago when you first tried to convince me of that. I don't believe it now, either.

Todd: It's not my fault if you'd rather believe fairy tales.

Tea: Fairy tales make more sense than you do, sometimes.

Todd: If you're not going to sleep, you don't need me here anymore.

Tea: If you want to leave, go ahead. I'm not stopping you.

Todd: I'm here for the kid, not you.

Tea: Now who's the liar?

Todd: You think I'm lying? You think I came here because of you?

Tea: Why else? And, don't use my nephew in your games anymore. Try being honest, for once.

Todd: I'm always honest.

Tea: Your honesty is rarely truly honest.

Todd: Why are you taking your lousy mood out on me?

Tea: Because, you're frustrating me. Just admit that you came here to do something nice for me.

Todd: I don't do nice, Delgado.

Tea: You just can't allow a decent moment between us, can you?

Todd: I don't do decent, either.

Tea: I give up.

Todd: Good!

Tea: You still exhaust me Todd Manning.

Todd: Then, go to sleep.

Tea: I wish I could.

Todd: What's stopping you?

Tea: My mind. I have too much to think about. I can't unwind.

Todd: What do you usually do when you can't sleep.

Tea: Work.

Todd: Go ahead and do that.

Tea: I took a leave of absence from work. I told you that already, didn't I?

Todd: Do whatever your job is now.

Tea: I could go through more of Little E's things, I suppose. But, I don't really have anywhere to put most of it.

Todd: Are you still pretending that you don't want me to buy the kid a nanny?

Tea: You won't be sending a nanny. I won't allow it.

Todd: If I can't buy him that, I'll just buy the kid his own room, instead.

Tea: You will not. I'm more than capable of taking care of my nephew.

Todd: If that's true, why do you have him crammed into a place where he doesn't have his own room and all his stuff has to stay in boxes because you don't have anywhere to put it?

Tea: This has all been very sudden. I'll find a bigger place soon.

Todd: I need to go back to Llanview in the morning and make sure my sister doesn't have a chance to give my kid away. I can come back in a couple of days and I'll make sure you find a place that Little E will like.

Tea: I don't want you to buy a place for me. If you do buy a place, it will go empty, unless you're planning on moving here, because I will not live there.

Todd: I think E should have a say in where he lives.

Tea: And, let me guess, you think that you should be the one who speaks on E's behalf.

Todd: Well, you're not being very objective about it. He needs someone who can see passed your hatred for me, and do the right thing for him.

Tea: I don't hate you. But, this is my life. I'll make the decisions.

Todd: It's the kid's life, too.

Tea: I'll also be making the decisions that effect my nephew's life. Now, let's change the subject. Why are you concerned about Viki allowing Starr's mother to see her?

Todd: I never said I was concerned about that.

Tea: Yes, you did. Starr needs her mother. You and I both know that.

Todd: Starr has me. That's all she needs.

Tea: Starr always adored you. She also always adored her mother. I can't believe that could have changed, despite whatever has happened.

Todd: Blair chose Max, and his brat in her belly, over Starr.

Tea: Marrying someone else doesn't relinquish her rights to be Starr's mother.

Todd: She made her choice.

Tea: You're so hurt by Blair's rejection that you would hurt Starr to get revenge on Blair?

Todd: Hurt? You should have seen me when I found out I had freed myself from that noose. I was dancing the macarena.

Tea: Actually, I wouldn't mind seeing that.

Todd: I'd show you now but there isn't enough room here. Maybe if you let me buy Little E a decent place, I'd have enough room to show you my moves.

Tea: Todd...

Todd: Tea, you won't be able to convince me to let my kid go back to Buchanan hell, or Holden hell, or whatever name that con man is using now. She deserves a hell of a lot better and I'm the only one she has to give it to her. Stop trying to convince me that Starr spending time with them would be the decent thing. In this case the decent thing is to keep her as far away from that situation as I can. That's what I intend to do.

Tea: What if Starr tells you that she wants to spend time with her mother?

Todd: That won't happen. She hates Blair's guts.

Tea: And, you didn't influence her at all?

Todd: I didn't have to. Starr is old enough, and smart enough, to have Blair's number now. It isn't like when she was a little kid and would fall for that phony act. She knows the truth. And, luckily for me, the truth is that I had a kid with someone who actually makes me look good as a parent.

Tea: You are a good parent, Todd. You're a wonderful father.

Todd: Even if I don't force my kid to spend time with people she hates?

Tea: I still don't believe that Starr could ever truly hate her mother.

Todd: You missed Blair's latest stunts.

Tea: You could fill me in on whatever happened. But, not right now, okay? I'm starting to feel really tired. I should try to sleep. If you change your mind about share the bed with me, just climb on in, whenever you feel like it.

[Tea closes her eyes and tries to relax enough to allow sleep to come.]

to be continued...

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