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could not. But he never made me feel foolish for noticing reality.”

Claire looked down at her hands.

“I want that someday.”

“You deserve that now, even alone.”

She cried then, but not like before. These were quieter tears. Less panic. More mourning.

In March, a year after the mediation, the lien did exactly what Patricia said it would do.

Derek tried to continue reading …