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have had the stroke. H e wanted your mother. Leav ing her, leaving you
a ll , was too much for him. I can't help him. But you ca n. "
Jorge turned hi s cup over as well and watched as the coffee contin –
ued to soa k the pages with brown, murky liquid, reducing the words
to oblivion.
Together Jorge and Carla rose from the table and wa lked a longside
the docks, bathed in the light of the ship that had returned . And for one
moment of her life, Carla fe lt aga in the presence of her famil y by her side.
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