The clerk told me I could join my company's pack.I'd worked there for five years, and all my paperwork was already in order.So even if I didn't return to that cold house, I still had somewhere to go.I messaged Dana in HR and told her the whole story. She replied right away.[Don't worry about it. This is easy. Give me a minute, and I'll send you the paperwork.]As I watched the files come through on my phone, my throat tightened.The Vance pack had dragged this out for four years. Here, it took less than ten minutes.At three that afternoon, I had my registration in hand.The family group chat was still silent.The last message in it was my father's, from that morning.He'd told everyone not to miss it, saying I'd get angry again if they did.Below it, they'd all replied one after another, saying they understood.But reading it now, the irony of it was hard to take.I left the group chat.I went back to the house to pack my things and go.When I got there, Ellis was the only one hom
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