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“Your father wouldn’t want this,” he said. “He wouldn’t want this for you.” My eyes started to burn. “If he’s gone, what does it matter?” I said hoarsely. “What does it matter what he would have wanted?” “It will always matter,”

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Book:Into This River I Drown
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