ttered after a moment, his voice ret
a finger to my lips, my hear
ing room, the cartoon music
r, Ethan walked in
up? I thought you'
ture of a doting h
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trange to my own e
air. "Hey, sport. How'
han, his one good eye wide, filled with
quickly covered it. "Tire
Leo flinch away
asleep, or pretending to be, E
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, unable
bout Leo' s age. They' ve just moved back to the city. Maybe they could come stay wit
names were like a
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head slightly, and his lips brushed m
as asleep, I sl
m. He was awake, sta
" he wh
his hair. "It' s okay, baby
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own voice broke. "We' re l
face set with a new, h
w and pulled out a thin, b
by Ethan. "To write down all the good things,
it, his little
ar out the pag
, detailing Ethan' s hollow acts of k
ps," he whispered, tears stream
: "Daddy promised to build the biggest L
er fluttered
burying his face in my shoulde
, my own tears f
his hair, my heart shattering
fierce. "I want to go, Mommy. I
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