She stood alone on the edge of her driveway, palms miming a ball that wasn’t there, heart pounding every time laughter echoed from the real game across the street. No one called her name. No one waved her over. Until one ordinary afternoon, a shadow crossed the pavement, a gentle voice broke the silence, and everything she thought she knew about herself bega… Continues…
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