He Changed the Locks on My Parents’ Anniversary Gift

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Us.

That word hit Claire harder than anything else had. Her head turned toward him so fast I heard the silver hoops in her ears click.

“Us?” she said.

He knew right then he’d said the wrong thing.

What Claire Didn’t Know

The county deputy arrived before the locksmith did.

Deputy Harlan. Mid-fifties, red face, polite in that dry coastal way where every sentence continue reading …