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around, his eyes dropping to the sheet of paper in my hand. He did not look surprised.

“Where did you get that, Mother?” he asked.

“Raymond found it in the county files,” I said. “It has my signature on it, Julian. It says I agreed to sell this house.”

Julian crossed his arms, looking down at his shoes.

“We had to do it, Mother,” he said.continue reading …