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“Aria, I don’t know what you were told.
I only know that I loved you when you left, and I’ve loved you every day since.
I found the note you hid. Nothing that happened was the fault of a nine-year-old girl. I won’t come unless you ask me.”
I included my phone number and address, then pressed send and prayed.
She called that night.
After a long silence, she finally asked,
“Did you know where we were?”
“No.”
“You never came.”
“I didn’t know where to go.”
“Gwen said you left with another woman.”
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