A Simple Seven Egg Painting on a Plate Changed My Family Forever

me with the credit cards if I support the partition sale.”

I looked at the boxes, realizing how thin the ice was beneath her feet.

“He is using you, Clara,” I said.

“At least he is offering a shovel while I am drowning,” she said, looking straight at me.

I left her there among the taped boxes, the smell of damp cardboard following me out to the car.

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