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of, Clara.”

She set a plate into the bottom of the box with a sharp clink that echoed in the quiet room. “He told me he had the original deed in a safe-deposit box in Reno.”

“There is no deed in Reno,” I said.

Clara stopped wrapping and looked at the stack of old novels on the side table, her fingers tightening around a sheet of newspaper.continue reading …