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can you stop making us look poor?”
The room fell silent.
Something inside her body twisted.
Later that night, the pain came in waves. By morning, the baby was gone.
The doctor said it gently. Stress. Trauma. Her body had endured too much.
But Patricia was not gentle.
When Jasmine came home from the hospital, pale and hollow, Patricia stood in the hallway continue reading …
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