My fingers closed around the little brass key, but suddenly it felt heavier than the entire house. The lawyer—Mr. Bennett—watched me carefully from across Richard’s old sitting room. Outside, rain …
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My hands shook so badly that the photograph rattled between my fingers. For several seconds, the cemetery disappeared. I could no longer hear the wind moving through the maple trees …
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