The Son She Chose to Lose

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me David didn' t recognize clung to her, a s

sofa, the one Ethan use

y modulated with shock, "I came as soo

ed at her. The performance wa

she was with Leo or Finn, were care

Victoria?" he ask

ant work dinner. For t

d heard it in her voice

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ssing a hand to her mouth. "T

sandpaper on his raw grief. She re

t," h

f something unreadable in her eyes be

arrangements, Dav

onfront her yet. The overheard conversatio

inding poverty. His contracting business failed because of those "

– handyman, delivery driver – just to

stocking shelves at night, saving for community c

ving another life, a life of immens

pressed down on him, heavier than e

rate piece of her costume, and then remem

inancial; it was her entire e

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the ultimate pric