A late April morning. Vie lay alone in her bed, buried under the duvet, Carl’s side of the bed empty, his warmth long dissipated. The absence of his not-so-gentle snoring kept her awake all night. And this morning his sweet face, eyes shut tight and tucked into gentle wrinkles, and his pretty heart-shaped lips buried in a bristly white beard were not re…
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