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immediately.
They tried something quieter first.
Emails.
Letters.
Gifts.
A stuffed bear that smelled faintly like my mother’s perfume.
A handwritten note from my father that said: Please. Let us talk.
A message from Mary that said: You’re ruining our lives. Ethan deserves an aunt.
I didn’t answer.
I handed everything to Thompson.
He cataloged it the way a surgeon continue reading …
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