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storage boxes, Mother,” he said, setting the first one down on the bottom step of the porch. “We need to start clearing out the attic.”

“I did not ask to have the attic cleared,” I said.

“You have forty years of clutter up there, and it is only getting harder for you to manage,” Julian said, reaching back into the trunk for a second box.

“We need to get continue reading …