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it crawled across the table.

Mom: Vanessa is devastated. Please don’t do anything rash.

Dad: We need to discuss this calmly.

Vanessa: I hope Emma is okay, but she scared Brooklyn. You need to understand my side.

Mom again: Families forgive. Do not ruin your sister’s life over a mistake.

A mistake.

I turned the phone off.

At 12:16 a.m., a nurse came out and continue reading …