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I walked out before I said something I’d regret.
Cold evening air hit my face as I stepped onto the porch. It felt cleaner than the suffocating atmosphere inside that house where my father’s memory was already being divided into assets.
I stood there listening to the muffled voices indoors. Skylar’s loud laughter carried through the walls and echoed down the quiet street.
Yet standing there, I felt abandoned by my own family.
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