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\u201cLast Thursday,\u201d one said, \u201cyou gave a young woman your coat in the Walmart parking lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYes,\u201d I replied. \u201cShe needed it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat coat,\u201d he continued, \u201cbelonged to your late wife.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYes,\u201d I said again. \u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n

They exchanged a look. Then one of them pulled out a folder and placed a photograph on the table.<\/p>\n

It was my coat.<\/p>\n

Wrapped around that young woman in a hospital bed. The baby was bundled safely in her arms. Tubes. Monitors. A nurse in the background.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThat woman is my sister,\u201d the man said quietly.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe collapsed that afternoon,\u201d the other added. \u201cHypothermia. Severe exhaustion. Hunger.\u201d<\/p>\n

My heart pounded.<\/p>\n

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