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both feelings was a terror that the truth might make me grieve a man who had never truly existed. Three days later, David was taken to the hospital. He never came home. The funeral passed in a blur of black clothing, flowers, casseroles, and voices telling me how fortunate I had been to share my life with such a good man. Grace stood beside our children continue reading …

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stairs.

I stood at the top landing while she descended two steps.

Then she collapsed.

She sat on the staircase, folded forward, and sobbed into her sleeves.

“I’m sorry,” she choked out. “I’m sorry I ruined him for you.”

Something inside me stopped.

“You did not ruin him.”

She looked up.

Her face was pale and terrified.

“He did this,” I said. “Not you.”

“He said continue reading …

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