The text detonated everything. No warning, no cushion—just the sudden death of the only ritual still keeping your family from unraveling. By the time the car rolled into your mother’s driveway, the silence between you felt heavier than any slammed door. Inside, the air was staged, like a courtroom before a verdict. At the table sat a stranger with your father’s fac… Continues…
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