Family Drama · fiction
The Cottage Key at Two-Seventeen
My daughter showed up at my farmhouse at 2:17 in the morning with one shoe missing. I remember the time because the microwave clock was the first thing I saw after I turned on the kitchen light. 2:17. Then I looked back at Claire. Her lower lip was split. One sleeve of her sweater had been stretched almost to the shoulder,...
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- Family Drama
- Audience
- Adult readers
- Chapters
- 6
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- fiction
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