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for Maine. I should have taken you to Maine.”

He laughed once, painfully.

“You asked me three times. I said it was too far, too expensive, too much trouble. But I drove six hours once to look at a used boat I didn’t even buy.”

He bent forward.

“I am sorry, Maggie.”

The words were too small.

He said them anyway.

“I am sorry.”

After that, Frank began the slow continue reading …