Emma Signed Over Her Kitchen Island to Keep Toby Safe in Massachusetts

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I stood near the trophy case, watching the hallway as the classrooms emptied.

Children in bright yellow and red raincoats surged forward, their voices echoing off the hard tile walls in a chaotic, cheerful roar.

Toby came out near the end of the line, his blue backpack sliding off his left shoulder as he walked.

He was twirling his yellow pencil continue reading …