After the hearing concluded, Mom and Dad moved south, where there was a vast apple orchard that Mom had always wanted to visit ever since she was young. Before leaving, she carefully folded my clothes one by one, taking the unfinished coat she'd been sewing for me and the small picture frame from my bedside table. When Dad asked what they should do with everything else, Mom gently touched the wardrobe door and said, "Let's leave it for now. There's no need to rush to clear everything out."They rented a little house with a garden, where Dad took up gardening while Mom tried to learn photography.She always held her phone too close to the flowers, leaving them blurry in almost every picture.Whenever Dad laughed at her attempts, she'd simply hand him the phone and tell him to take the pictures himself.One day, Mom baked an apple pie, making sure the edges stayed soft just the way I'd always liked them.She cut it into three slices and arranged them on plates, but her hand suddenly pa
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