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folded in his backpack. The assignment was about heroes.
He had written about Violet.
Not me.
Not the police.
Not even himself.
He wrote that his sister was a hero because she kept breathing when people told her not to.
I read it at the kitchen counter while Violet sang nonsense words in the living room and Quincy pretended not to watch my reaction.
At the continue reading …
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