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He spoke nothing during the funeral. He gripped her picture tightly and nodded at everybody like he was frightened he\u2019d break apart if he stopped.<\/p>\n

That first week, we took turns bringing over food and offered to spend the night, but he never asked. Just kept repeating, \u201cI\u2019m alright, kiddo.\u201d<\/p>\n

One day, he vanished.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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