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On Christmas

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time. Maybe five. Your dad called me in a panic after your mom left you outside during a snowstorm because you spilled hot chocolate on her white rug. When I got there, you were in the garage, curled behind the lawn mower. Your lips were blue.”

I could not breathe.

“Why didn’t anyone do anything?”

“I tried,” she said, crying now. “I told your father to continue reading …

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