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matters.”
My chest tightened. All of it. His entire pension.
A Reward I Could Not Accept
He looked up at me with an overwhelmed expression. “I do not know how to thank you,” he said. “Please. Take something. Anything you want.”
He pulled out a small handful of bills and tried to press them into my hand. I shook my head right away.
“No,” I said. “I cannot continue reading …
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