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The moment she saw me, she froze.
No rehearsed condolences.
She quietly took the bag from the clerk and pressed it directly into my hands.
Then she glanced nervously toward a ceiling camera before quickly walking away.
That glance stayed with me.
Her stuffed rabbit still sat beside the pillow.
I sat on the floor and slowly unpacked everything.
Star-print leggings.
Then the pink sweater she wore the day we rushed to the hospital.
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