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bag. Not the one Elaine had mocked. A new one. Strong, practical, soft-lined, filled with everything he needed.
Downstairs, my father was reading the newspaper.
“Going somewhere?” he asked.
“Out,” I said.
He smiled. “Need the car?”
I thought of the hospital.
The bus stop.
Daniel’s voice.
Take the bus home.
I thought of how those words had cut through me when continue reading …
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