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Chapter 28: Lava Cake

She was brave and strong and broken all at once. – Anna Funder

Reese and Helen talked all through dinner. He told her about growing up with parents who couldn’t seem to make up their minds on spouses. And being the only boy among all of the kids. She carefully sidestepped questions about her. Until the dam broke and it all came out.

“My mom died in childbirth with my little brother, he died a few days later. Dad never could look at me without seeing her. He married a woman so that I had a mom. Coralynn did not like me. The older I got, the more I looked like my mom and the more dad stayed away. The more he stayed away, the meaner Coralynn got.”

“By meaner, do you mean abusive?” Reese asked gently and she nodded.

“I didn’t realize it at the time. I just thought that I was bad.” Helen looked at her plate as tears filled her eyes.

Reese moved his chair around the small table until he was next to her. Placing an arm around her shoulders, he gently pulled her into him.

Helen leaned int
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