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It\u2019s done,\u201d he whispered into the phone he held to his ear. \u201cThey won\u2019t last long.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gone.\u00a0The word slammed into me. This wasn\u2019t an accident. This wasn\u2019t food poisoning. This was a verdict. An execution. His footsteps were calm, unhurried, as he walked towards the front of the house. The click of the front door closing was the loudest sound I had ever heard.<\/p>\n

A primal scream built in my throat, a volcano of rage and fear, but I swallowed it down, choking on the bile of betrayal. Every instinct, sharpened by years as an ER nurse and honed by the fierce, animalistic love of a mother, screamed one thing:\u00a0stillness. I leaned my head, an impossibly heavy weight, toward Eli\u2019s small ear.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s done,\u201d he whispered into the phone he held to his ear. \u201cThey won\u2019t last long.\u201d Gone.\u00a0The word slammed into me. This wasn\u2019t an accident. This wasn\u2019t food poisoning. This was a verdict. An execution. His footsteps were calm, unhurried, as he walked towards the front of the house. The click of the front door…<\/p>\n

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