On Our 21st Birthday, We Received a Mysterious Box—We Gasped When We Saw What Was Inside

softer. She tied our shoelaces before school, saved the red candies for Leila because they were her favorite, and slept in the middle whenever there was a storm because she said leaders protected both sides.

I remember one storm when thunder cracked so loudly the windows shook. Leila climbed into bed first, dragging her stuffed rabbit behind her.

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