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me you hated coming upstairs. She said you stayed in your office because I made the house depressing. She said you missed your old life. She said if I were stronger, Noah wouldn’t cry so much.”

“That is not true.”

“She said you would take him.”

I opened my eyes.

Ava was trembling.

I moved slowly, giving her space to refuse me, and placed my hand over Noah’s continue reading …