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toward the door.
Just before I left, I looked at Mrs. Caldwell.
She wasn’t looking at me. She had slowly stood up, walked over to her son, and stared at the top of his head. I thought she might slap him.
She didn’t.
She just placed her trembling, calloused hand on his hair, exactly like a mother comforting a toddler.
“Ethan,” her voice sounded like torn continue reading …
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