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She caught her sister’s eye and an unspoken understanding passed between them.
They’d perfected their “Fraud Code” through years spent in the shadow of a charlatan, and it took nothing more than a gaze for them to signal – and validate to each other – recognition of ‘another one.’
Their childhoods’ costs aside, at least they could sniff out similar quacks from afar.
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Na'ama Yehuda 
Well, their learnings have served them well…
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Indeed it had! One cannot change what happened to them but one CAN, perhaps, have some choice in how one reacts to it and what they do with what they’d learned …
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Na’ama
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Na’ama Y’karah,
I love the idea of the fraud code and the sisters protecting each other. Wonderfully written.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Here’s mine https://rochellewisoff.com/2019/04/13/weekend-writing-prompt-charlatan/
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Thank you, Rochelle! Sometimes siblings who grow up in adversity develop such codes – they might begin in survival but can become assets in ‘creep radar’ detection …
Thank you!
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Na’ama
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So much pain and backstory in such a few words.
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Indeed, and I am glad it came across. Thank you!
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You’re welcome!😃
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Brilliant take. I saw an old black and white movie not to long ago that was built on the premise of the children assisting a magician in trickery for gain, and this reminded me of that.
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Thanks, Violet! How interesting!
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Na’ama
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