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379: Hearing date

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Avery's POV

Dean's things were gone from the spare room by the time I came down the next morning, boxed up and left by the door the way my mom had promised. She had not said much about it since, and neither had I.

Liam had stayed on the step until well past midnight, and there had not been anything else to say once he finally left, just the quiet of two people who had said enough for one evening and knew it.

The house felt different this week. Lighter, in the way after something heavy had final
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