Corinne took the six-year-old girl’s sleeping pillow and threw it into a dog bed hidden beneath the end of the table.
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Chapter 10
Corinne asked to meet Mabel.
I refused at first.
Then asked Mabel.
She said no.
End.
A week later she changed her mind.
Children are allowed to change answers.
They met in the family garden.
I stayed nearby.
Corinne knelt.
“Mabel, I’m sorry.”
Mabel looked at her.
“For dog bed?”
“Yes.”
“For my room?”
“Yes.”
“For bunny?”
“Yes.”
Good.
Specific.
Then Mabel asked:
“Why did you want Oliver to be me?”
Corinne’s face broke.
There.
Children cut through architecture.
“I didn’t want him to be you.”
Mabel frowned.
“You put him in my room.”
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No answer.
Exactly.
