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Without a menu, she ordered the one item that few diners knew the kitchen made, as the dish had never been advertised nor mentioned in the menu, not once.  \n“How do you know?” her waitress asked. Her little name badge said PAT, and she was a pert, young woman. Her blue-dyed eyebrows raised in surprise.  \n“Are you new?”  \n“No – I mean, yes.”  \n“Pardon?”  \n“I mean, I started in the café this week. But I started in the childcare center here before Christmas. I mean, I work part-time in both. So….” Pat grinned sheepishly.  \n“Ah. Well, I’ve been gone for a while, but my family’s local. This place has been a favorite of ours for a long time, so I know the secret menu.”  \n“Oh. Okay.” She made note of the order.“And to drink?”  \n“Black coffee.” Seeing Pat’s question forming, she added,“No cream, no sugar.”  \n“Oh. Okay. Anything else, ma’am?”  \n“That’s all. Thank you, Pat.” Janey watched her waitress walk to the back of the café to place her order. Ma’am, she thought, she called me ma’am. She shook her head, laughing a little. Do I really look that old?  \nEven though Janey had only been gone for one year, many things could change in that time, especially in a city that was always changing in the name of progress. Since her mother’s childhood, the city of Dallas had grown even more modern, its buildings ever taller and sleeker with high tech glass and metal, its many streets and roads redesigned as subterranean tunnels with above ground covers populated with trees and bushes to serve as heatsinks in an ever hotter world. Looking around her, Janey was grateful that this little café still existed as it always was, hidden in plain sight in downtown Dallas’ Commerce Street, within a building that once housed a historic hotel back in the day. With human beings working as hosts, wait staff, and cooks. With tables and chairs made of wellworn wood and napkins made of linen.  \n“Ch1” YON-3/ Ramos 2  \nShe looked through the one-way window, past her image faintly reflected, and towards a cold, rainy December afternoon, the last day of 2059 . Hope the rain stops before tonight’s fireworks.  \n“Your order, ma’am.”  \nJaney looked away from the window and smiled as her waitress set down the massive dinner plate and the cup of coffee.“Thank you, Pat.”  \nThe cherry cobbler was exactly how she remembered – the top crust caramelized from being flambéed and still tasting like Tanduay rum. Smack in the middle was a large scoop of vanilla bean icecream, its mounded structure slowly disintegrating into the rum-soaked cherries. This was her grandmother’s favorite dish, along with the black coffee, and for Janey the cobbler meant she had come home. She had already consumed a third of it when she tapped the old-fashioned comm behind her ear. With a quick series of taps, she keyed in a short-cut number.  \nRing-ring.  \nShe took another bite of cobbler.  \nRing-ring. Ring-ring. Ring-ri – “Hey, doofus, where the hell are you? Are you in town yet?”  \nShe heard through the comm, a bit faint as if the person was nearby and overtly eavesdropping,“Edmund! Is that anyway to greet your sister?” and then her brother’s exasperated response,“Miriam, just go – GO over there! Jeez, woman!”  \nJaney stifled a snort.“And hello to you too, Eddie,” she replied. Her voice was slightly muffled with cobbler, so she took a quick sip coffee.“So Miriam is there. But aren’t you and Isaac setting up her baby shower right now?”  \n“Eh, you know how she is. Taking charge to the bitter end. I wouldn’t be surprised, six weeks from now, if she tried to order around the labor and delivery team when she gives birth.” Her brother sighed.“But seriously, you’re back in town, right? You’re able to make it tonight?”  \n“Wouldn’t miss it for the world.” She took a quick bite of cobbler and ","cbCaigcZSDR57nqu","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigcZSDR57nqu","pdf",216155,"English","# Blind Date: Part I\n## Café arrival and secret order\n## Communication with siblings\n## Homecoming and family anticipation","[{\"question\":\"What does Janey order at the café, and how does she know about it?\",\"answer\":\"Janey orders the undisclosed secret menu item and black coffee. 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