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The Inheritance of Quiet Rooms

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Diane made it to her car before Mara caught up, holding a single tape. "This one has your name on it," Mara said through the window. Diane stared at it for a long moment, then turned off the engine. "Fine," she said. "But we listen in daylight, not in that awful house."

They sat in a park and played it. Their father admitted he'd always been hardest on Diane because she reminded him of their mother. "I punished you for her leaving," he said. "You were a child, and I blamed you for a grown woman's choice." Diane let out a breath she'd held for thirty years. "At least he finally said it," she whispered.

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