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Valentina stayed for a full hour.
Then she stood and left.
Before she disappeared, she looked back once.
The next day, Mia appeared.
The youngest stood in the laundry room doorway with her head tilted, listening.
She did not come in.
She looked like a little bird trying to catch a faraway melody.
Elena kept singing.
Her heart beat faster.
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