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“OUT!” I screamed.
Mom must have realized then that Dad had finally crossed the line. Something changed in her face, but it wasn’t what I used to hope for. It wasn’t regret or understanding. It was simply the expression of someone who had run out of options and knew it.
Neither of them looked back.
They walked out, and the front door shut behind them with a soft click that somehow sounded louder than everything else said that day.
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