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“In case you need me. That sentence, too, felt painfully cruel. We both knew that there were no situations left in which I would be able to come to the door of Luke’s room and stand outside of it saying I need you. All of those situations had been used up already.”

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Book:To Rest Our Minds and Bodies

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