The day starts badly because I knew exactly why I had gotten up. Not just any shitty Monday. Not even “Manic Monday” by The Bangles, where you’re walking under ladders, dodging falling paint cans, and nearly tripping over a black cat: meow. No, on this day, my bad luck wasn’t random—it was planned. Monday, November 1st, 1999: the day that would change my life forever—though I didn’t know how at the time.
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