By 5:30 PM, the invitations were prepped. He dropped them into the blue collection box just as the mail carrier arrived to empty it. "Cutting it close?" the carrier asked with a grin.

"You have no idea," Leo sighed. "But I now know every square inch of the neighborhood that sells stickers."

It was 4:00 PM on a Tuesday, and Leo was staring at a stack of wedding invitations that absolutely had to go out by sunset. He had the envelopes, the calligraphy was perfect, but he was missing the one thing that made them legal: postage.

He grabbed his keys and headed to the on 4th Street. He figured it was the safest bet for the "fancy" stamps. But as he pulled into the lot, he saw a line snaking out the door and a sign in the window: System Down. Cash Only. Leo didn't have cash.

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