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The air that day at the\u00a0Vanderbilt<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0lake house on\u00a0<\/span>Lake Tahoe<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0smelled of pine needles and fear. To everyone else, it probably just smelled of pine and the smoke from the grill that had long since cooled, but for me, I always caught that second, bitter undertone. I sat on a wicker chair on the porch, a little separate from the big table, and watched my daughter,\u00a0<\/span>Lena<\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The air that day at the\u00a0Vanderbilt\u00a0lake house on\u00a0Lake Tahoe\u00a0smelled of pine needles and fear. To everyone else, it probably just smelled of pine and the smoke from the grill that had long since cooled, but for me, I always caught that second, bitter undertone. I sat on a wicker chair on the porch, a little…<\/p>\n

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