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\u201cI think I should,\u201d he said quietly, aware in that instant that the statement covered more than geography. \u201cNaomi, we need to talk. The twins\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

She squeezed her eyes shut. Tears found the corners and hung there, indecisive. \u201cI wrote you,\u201d she said, voice thin. \u201cEight years ago. Not right away. Anyway. It doesn\u2019t matter.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt matters,\u201d Ethan said. \u201cI didn\u2019t get a letter.\u201d He heard how convenient that sounded and kept going anyway. \u201cIf I had, I\u2014\u201d He stopped, because he didn\u2019t know what sentence came next. If he had known, would he have been a different man? If he had known, would he have made room for a life that didn\u2019t fit into calendar blocks? The version of him back then had been all forward motion and zero peripheral vision.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think I should,\u201d he said quietly, aware in that instant that the statement covered more than geography. \u201cNaomi, we need to talk. The twins\u2026\u201d She squeezed her eyes shut. Tears found the corners and hung there, indecisive. \u201cI wrote you,\u201d she said, voice thin. \u201cEight years ago. Not right away. Anyway. It doesn\u2019t matter.\u201d…<\/p>\n

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