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I knocked twice.
No answer.
Then I heard a woman crying inside.
Not quiet crying.
The kind that comes from somewhere deep.
« Why me? » she sobbed. « Why is this happening to me? »
I stood on the tiny porch holding a paper bag in one hand and suddenly wondered whether coming here had been a terrible idea.
I had spent almost a year looking for this address.
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