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color left her face.
“You ruined everything,” she said.
“No,” I said. “You did. I just stopped pretending it wasn’t happening.”
My father sank into his chair.
“Why?” he asked. “Why go this far?”
I thought about the house, the ring, the folded flag used as loan collateral, the kitchen table where they had decided I was expendable.
“Because you taught me what continue reading …
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