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over so he was facing the wall. “Go back to sleep, Mom.”
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over so he was facing the wall. “Go back to sleep, Mom.”
I lay awake replaying it over and over in my head. The whisper. “I remember.” “I won’t tell anyone.” His face. That strange, almost protective tone, like he was keeping someone else’s secret.
By morning I felt ridiculous and exhausted in equal measure.
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