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"Let's see… Erika has four, Marlene has two, Eduardo has four, Blanca has three, and Geovany doesn't have any yet. So that's… thirteen, I guess."
"Wow." She sounds sad. "Must be nice."
"What about you?" I ask, making conversation while we wait for little man to burp. "Do you just have a sister?"
She takes a deep breath before answering. "She's my only sibling. My only family actually. But she, um, didn't survive the car accident."
I still as I absorb what she's saying. Her chin wobbles a bit, and I can tell she's trying not to cry again.
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