My Four-Year-Old Called Grandpa After My Husband Broke My Leg

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Lily and I moved into my father’s house while the legal process began.

His house was smaller than mine, older, warmer. It smelled like cedar, paper, coffee, and lemon cookies brought over by Mrs. Alvarez from next door, who kept appearing with food and saying things like, “You don’t have to talk. Just eat.”

Lily slept in my old bedroom.

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