[She makes a soft sound and though she was going to say something, anyway, it feels caught in her throat. Like words are impossible.
It shouldn't have to be like this. They should stay here, in this house. He'll keep going to school. College. Become a doctor or a lawyer or, if she has anything to do with it, something silly and frivolous and low in stress.]
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It shouldn't have to be like this. They should stay here, in this house. He'll keep going to school. College. Become a doctor or a lawyer or, if she has anything to do with it, something silly and frivolous and low in stress.]