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Chapter Thirty-One:
The following morning
| Whitney |
In Loving Memory,
Theresa Caroline York-O’Sullivan
February 11th 1986 - May 17th 2020
✿ A Celebration Of Life ✿
The thin paper program felt strange -grainy- between Whitney’s fingertips as she stared at the front page absently. A studio shot of Theresa smiling radiantly jumped right out at her. The deceased woman’s golden blonde hair had been arranged into perfect soft beach waves cascading down her frail shoulders, and she was wearing one of her favorite floral designer dresses. As Whitney peered into her sister’s lightly done up sea green eyes however, she couldn’t find an ounce of happiness present in them. Instead, they appeared dim and closed off. Maybe it was a recent picture?
How long had she been feeling that way bef
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