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Now, Ethan and Ella are all I have left, and even when it hurts just to exist, I remind myself that I have to hold on for them. But a week ago, things began to change.
It was a quiet Tuesday afternoon. Ella was at the kitchen table, coloring with her crayons while I stood at the sink, pretending to wash dishes I’d already cleaned twice.
“What window, sweetheart?” I asked, looking at her with wide eyes.
She pointed toward the house across the street.
The pale-yellow one with the peeling shutters and the curtains that never seemed to move.
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