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Nobody said Vanessa had it worse.
Nobody turned my pain into an accounting problem.
At night, I reread Grandma Betty’s note. I kept the photo on the desk beside my laptop, propped against a mug full of pens. Blue cardigan. Lemon tree. That half smile like she knew something fools had missed.
She had known my parents were capable of choosing wrong.
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