My father texted me, ‘To us, you’re already dead,’ and I only replied,

comfort and called it love. She gave me life and had it stolen.”

Isabel’s hand found mine.

My father saw it. Something ugly moved across his face.

“You’ll regret this.”

I thought of the mortgage notices, the closed boutique, the repossessed SUV, the frozen accounts, the daughter he had called dead who was now standing in front of him very much alive.

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