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made concentration hard.

“The case is moving forward,” I said.

“Will she go to prison?”

“Maybe.”

Emma looked down at her hands. “Do you feel bad?”

I knew she was not asking only about me.

“Sometimes I feel sad about what all of this has done. But I do not feel bad that she is facing consequences.”

She picked at a thread on her blanket.

“I don’t feel bad either.continue reading …