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Jamie nodded.
Then he said, “A lady picked him up.”
The room went quiet.
“What lady?”
“I don’t know. She had dark hair. Her car was silver.”
“Did Dad hug her?”
“Kiss her?”
“The bus started moving.”
I hated myself the second I asked.
Jamie folded his arms over his chest.
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