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The Inheritance of Quiet Rooms
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They listened on. The money came from selling their grandmother's land, money meant to be split among all the cousins. Their father had taken it and hidden it for forty years. "I kept it because I was scared of being poor again," he admitted. "But it poisoned everything I touched."
They tracked down the cheated cousins and gave back every dollar. It wasn't easy, and some of them were still angry. But when it was done, the three siblings felt lighter than they had in years. "He hid this to protect himself," Mara said. "We gave it back to set ourselves free."
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