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Chapter 126: Dad's

Author: Eleanor Vance
last update publish date: 2026-05-21 15:17:47

**Nadia**

The award came with an invitation to Washington.

Not just the award. A keynote slot at the national advocacy summit, a meeting with two senators who had been working on survivor legislation, and a dinner with the heads of eight other organizations doing similar work across the country. Three days. Flights covered. The foundation's communications team had been managing the logistics for six weeks before they told me the full scope of it.

I had not known I was being considered.

That was
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