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Chapter 118: The Cost of Standing Straight
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2026-01-07 10:00:37Mrs. Bailey’s hands shook as she set the spoon down, porcelain clicking too loudly against the mug. The sound echoed in the small kitchen, sharp and wrong, and Julia felt it land in her chest before her mind could soften it.
The tea had gone cold.
Julia watched her mother carefully—the way her shoulders stayed lifted as if bracing for impact, the way her eyes flicked toward the phone on the table and then away again. Fear, Julia realized, had a posture. It curved inward. It made even familiar rooms feel temporary.
“They sent another one,” Mrs. Bailey said at last. Her voice was steady, practiced. Her hands were not. “Different account. Same… language.”
Julia reached across the table, covering her mother’s fingers with her own. The tremor didn’t disappear, but it slowed, like a pulse finding rhythm again. “You don’t have to read them,” Julia said softly.
“I know.” M
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