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disappointment.

Perhaps he had simply been too proud to let Laurel return after she defied him.

I would never know.

Six months after I found the letters, Laurel called me on a Tuesday night.

She was crying.

That frightened me more than shouting would have.

“What happened?”

“The apartment building was sold.”

She had received notice that the rents would rise continue reading …