Family Drama · fiction
The Key Without a Demand
By the time my father pulled his truck alongside me, I had stopped pretending my ankle didn't hurt. I had also stopped pretending my life was fine. Those two things turned out to be connected. The driver's-side window came down, and for half a second I didn't recognize the man behind the wheel because the sun was reflecting off the windshield....
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- Adult readers
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- 6
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- fiction
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