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HIS NEIGHBOR WOULDN’T STOP REPORTING THE SOUND OF A GIRL CRYING INSIDE HIS HOUSE—THEN HE HID BENEATH HIS DAUGHTER’S BED AND HEARD HER PLEAD FOR SOMEONE TO SPARE HER

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Rosa wiped her eyes. Mrs. Estelle nodded hard.

Lucia stood quietly and walked to him.

Thomas froze.

She hugged him.

Not the careful half-hug of the past year. A real one.

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