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Chapter 5

My suitcase was waiting by the hall closet. I had packed it before she arrived.

“Mom, where are you going?” Dean asked.

I opened the front door and stepped into the cold.

Then I looked at the bank’s number already waiting on my phone screen.

What happened when I made that call left Priscilla standing in my kitchen without a single word to say.

I pressed the bank’s number and held the phone to my ear.

Behind the glass, Dean stood in my doorway, looking from me to Priscilla. Her face had lost all its color.

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I had finally made the call.

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