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A teen girl tried to steal a book from our store

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whispers. “When we argued. She’d say it felt like I was already gone.”

A knot tightens in my chest.

“She loved books,” the woman continues, her voice distant now, as though she is speaking from somewhere far away. “There was one in particular. She read it over and over again. Took it everywhere. Even when she got sick…”

She stops, swallowing hard.

“What continue reading …

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