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Gone By Morning 

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Chapter 7:

Elias POV

I was already dressed when my mother’s knuckles touched the door.

The knock came at the same hour it always did on Mass mornings—firm, precise, not more than three knocks expecting obedience. I stood in front of the mirror with my collar buttoned and my hair still damp from the shower I had taken before dawn. My room smelled of soap and polished wood. Downstairs, my father moved with his usual Sunday rituals. Nobody downstairs knew that I had watched a man die. I looked l
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