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way I wanted them to look. I told myself I was protecting the family from discomfort, but really I was protecting myself.”
I had never heard my mother speak like that.
Not once.
She looked at me then.
“I punished you for needing me, Laura. And I punished Caleb for being proof that you had.”
My throat tightened.
Caleb’s eyes filled, but he did not look away.continue reading …
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