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« Mom, do you think it looks okay? Not too shiny? »
« It looks perfect on you. »
Now she was practicing how to smile again.
« You have to say that. You’re my mom. »
I stepped into the room and rested my hands on her shoulders.
Her collarbones were still too sharp beneath my-palms.
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