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but because I needed silence.
Vernon said, “Nadine, enough.”
She turned on him. “You forfeited the right to speak years ago.”
“I should have spoken then.”
“Yes,” she said, ice in every syllable. “You should have. But you didn’t. So don’t discover courage now.”
Garrett walked a few steps away, toward Claire’s grave. His shoes stopped so close to us I could continue reading …
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