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Not pride.
Definitely not pride.
It looked more like irritation at discovering I had done better than she had expected.
Then she turned to me.
“Sophie starts her internship next month.”
I waited.
“She needs somewhere stable while she gets settled.”
I was still holding the little kitchen scissors I’d been using on the tulips.
“What does that have to do with me?”
My mother glanced toward the windows.
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