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I knocked anyway. The door opened just enough for a woman to look at me without inviting me in. Her hair was perfectly styled, her sweater pressed, her eyes sharp with irritation rather than surprise.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cYou should not be here,\u201d she said flatly.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I swallowed. \u201cI just got out. I need to see my father.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Her mouth tightened. \u201cHe passed away last year. There was a funeral. This house belongs to us now.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I stared at her, trying to process the words. \u201cI was never told.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cThat is not my problem,\u201d she replied. \u201cYou should leave.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I stood there for several minutes, unable to move, listening to the muffled sounds of a life continuing without me on the other side of that door. Then I turned away and walked. I walked until my legs burned and my thoughts blurred together. Eventually, without planning to, I found myself at the gates of the city cemetery.<\/div>\n
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I knocked anyway. The door opened just enough for a woman to look at me without inviting me in. Her hair was perfectly styled, her sweater pressed, her eyes sharp with irritation rather than surprise. \u201cYou should not be here,\u201d she said flatly. I swallowed. \u201cI just got out. I need to see my father.\u201d…<\/p>\n

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