They Forgot to Invite Me to Christmas—So I Bought a Mountain. When They Came to Take It, the Deputy Was Already Waiting.

but to load their suitcases and the crib back into the vehicles. My mother kept looking at the door like I might suddenly emerge and apologize. Julian’s face was red with fury. Belle pulled away from my mother’s attempt to take her arm and got into the SUV alone, slamming the door hard enough that I heard it through my closed windows.

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