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NORA

Some silences are dangerous.

Like the one we’re in right now. Viktor at the wheel, driving carefully so that he doesn’t wake the three sleeping children in the back. Me, picking at my nails and trying to fight the stupid, stubborn hope that’s resurfacing slowly no matter how many times I try to drown it.

That hope keeps saying stupid, stubborn things. Like, If we have to spend this month toge