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eded to gather a few things. I walked into the master bedroom. My clothes were g
red near the doorway.
To the storage room in the backyard. Miss Celine said... th
odbye. Not even a moment to pack my own things. They st
torage room was a cluttered mess. My belongings were tossed in
ic. My great-grandmother's locket. It was the only thing truly mine. My mother had giv
rom under a pile of old blankets. I clutched it in my handfew clothes. A voice fro
t are you d
ooked like Courtney, but the way he stood - hands on his hips,
" I said, my voice flat. I kept
e sharp. "Auntie Celine said everything here belongs to Dad
. He deliberately stepped on my clothes
anymore. You can't take anythi
father's soldier. But I hadn't come t
one with them.
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