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“He used to come in every other Sunday. With a woman who was tall and very stiff. She rarely spoke unless it was to correct his posture or his tone. She always stood by the door silently while the boy browsed through the books.”
“What did he look at?” Isla asked, barely breathing.
“Fairy tales, mostly,” the woman said, a sad smile tugging at her lips. “The old ones you know? Grimm, Andersen, stories with dark endings and lost children. He never said too much. But he always touched the spines of books gently, like the books were sleeping and he didn’t want to wake them. It was almost as if he cared for them. Such a lovely child.”
Isla bit the inside of her cheek, her throat burning inside.
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