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Mom didn’t cry. She didn’t scream. She just made dinner like normal, pasta with garlic bread, Mike’s favorite.
He walked in around 9 p.m., tossed his jacket over the couch, and kissed her cheek like nothing was wrong. “Smells good. Long day.”
I watched from the hallway, nerves crawling up my spine. My mom looked calm. Too calm.
Halfway through his second helping, she laid the folder in front of him without a word.
Mike looked up, blinking.
“What’s this?”
“Open it.”
He flipped it open and went pale.
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