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still, hands folded, watching.
My mother’s voice comes out strangled.
“You… you lied to us.”
“I didn’t lie. I said I lost everything, and within a day, you proved I was right. I had lost everything. Just not money.”
The room is so quiet I can hear the candle flames bending in the draft from the kitchen vent.
Jocelyn sinks into the nearest chair. Todd is continue reading …
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