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    “Can I stay here tonight?”

    Her words come out breathless, strangled by the knots of grief and relief welling in her throat. She almost immediately wants to retract her words in embarrassment, but she can't bear the thought of going home now. She doesn't think she could stand the silence of the too-big house, how the empty spaces were suffocating and denser than fog. If she had to lie in bed and pretend she didn't hear the scraping of the washer machine being dragged in and out of place as her father slunk in and out of his warehouse, she thinks the sinkhole in her chest would swallow her entirely.

    “Of course, kiddo. Of course.”

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