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Aeedchurtong behind her bar

By: Nina Milhaud

Supitaara Aeedchurtong sat atop the fridge in the middle of her empty bar, her face creased by worry. She had removed bottles of liquor from the colorful wooden shelves and had piled up the chairs in a corner. A few regulars had come that morning and sat on the wooden high chairs across the bar, gazing upon the…