A few people gasped. Daniel squeezed her hand, pretending to be embarrassed, but I caught the pleasure in his eyes. He wanted us hurt. He wanted Maya erased and replaced before the dirt had even closed over her.
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For years, he had called me “the quiet sister.” The one who observed. The one who never made scenes. At family dinners, he joked that I had the emotional range of a filing cabinet. Maya always stood up for me. Familyevent planning
“She’s not cold,” she used to say. “She’s careful.”
Daniel had never understood the difference.
He leaned closer, dropping his voice. “Don’t start anything today. Maya wouldn’t want that.”
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My thumb slid over the baby’s ribbon.
“Maya wanted a lot of things,” I said. “A safe marriage. A healthy birth. A husband who didn’t lie.”
His eyes sharpened.
Celeste gave a quiet laugh. “Grief makes people ugly.”
I turned my face toward her. “So does evidence.”
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Daniel’s mouth twitched, but he recovered almost immediately. “Evidence of what?”
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