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    Starting over is never easy. There are boxes to unpack, new streets to learn, and neighborhoods that don’t yet feel like home. There’s the awkwardness of being new, of standing out without meaning to, of wondering whether everyone else already knows something you don’t.

    Being the outsider can make anyone uneasy. It can make silence feel heavier, and smiles feel rehearsed. It can make you wonder whether you’re being watched a little too closely.

    But that’s ridiculous, especially in a place as charming and peaceful as Atwood. A neighborhood where gardens flourish and no one locks their doors during the day.

    Nothing bad grows in soil like that.

    Nothing bad at all.

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