My Sister Signed Papers Before I Was Dead

mother signed first.

That part took me months to say out loud without my mouth going dry.

Patricia Whitaker, who still kept my kindergarten handprint in a plastic bin marked CLAIRE SCHOOL, signed a statement saying Vanessa had always been “closest to Claire’s medical, emotional, and career needs.”

Closest.

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