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up the tattered book from her bedside table and asked if he would read to her.
Maxwell took it gently from her small hands.
He read until her eyelids began to droop. Just before sleep caught her, he asked the question that would change everything.
“What’s your biggest wish, Emily?”
She looked at him for a long, quiet second.
Then she said, “Can you be my continue reading …
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