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An hour passed.
My arms ached, my back screamed, and my knees were about to give out when…
“Oh, Eleanor. What’s in here?” I muttered to myself.
I dropped to my knees, my heart pounding. The chest was rusted but intact.
I hesitated, then opened it.
Inside were folders, faded and creased. I pulled out the top sheet: Caleb’s birth certificate… but with a different last name.
Then there were guardianship papers and emergency placement documents.
I read through each page until I read a line that made my mouth go dry. “Suspected abandonment.”
The story doesn’t end here — it continues on the next page.
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