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WOUNDS HEAL. SCARS DON’T.

Sadie and Cedric married in the local church, and many people attended. It shocked Daphne that almost all of Sterling came to witness their legal union. Mercer came, too, and for the first time in a long time, she saw the familiar faces of most of her people.

Tears sprang to Daphne’s eyes when her people walked past her and bowed to her. Even when dressed in rags, they st