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she could repeat at church.
When Derek bought his first house, my parents gave him $42,000 for the down payment.
They handed it over at Thanksgiving dinner like it was dessert.
My mother made a speech.
My father shook Derek’s hand.
When Matt and I bought our house two years later, my mother said, “I hope you did not stretch yourselves.”
That was it.
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