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Claire arrived at five-thirty-eight.

Mrs. Parker opened the door before she knocked.

She did not ask how bad it was. She simply stepped back and let Claire in.

They sat at the kitchen table with the baby in a borrowed bassinet near the laundry room, where the white noise from the machines would cover any sound. Claire wrapped both hands continue reading …