When the room fell silent, I walked over to her bed. My mother looked at me carefully, as if unsure what I might say.
I leaned in.
Everyone turned.
“I’ll take Mom in.” The room seemed to exhale. My mother looked startled.
They probably thought I was stepping up out of guilt. They were wrong.
I looked at them.
“But only if we sell the house.”
The relief turned into tension so quickly it almost made a sound.
Everyone stared at me.
“What?” Jack said.
“No way,” Eliza added.
Kirk shook his head.
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