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admitting I had no excuse.”
Caleb absorbed that.
Then he nodded once.
“Okay.”
My mother looked almost frightened.
“Okay?”
“I hear your apology.”
It was not “I forgive you.”
My mother noticed.
For once, she did not demand more than she had earned.
“Thank you,” she said.
Caleb nodded again.
Then he looked at me.
“I’m going to finish my application.”
“Okay.”
He left continue reading …
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