85: Epilogue, One

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It had been two weeks since I got discharged from the hospital. Through those days, I got the chance to taste forgiveness and the denouement. It felt like being reborn. Well, that's after learning Avery won't be showing her face anywhere around California. Since Paxton had visited her, Keith said she had transferred schools and left town for good. My dad and Martha stayed for those weeks, though. Through those days, they had been nothing but supportive. Dad kept his words, as said in the hospital. The man would wake up early in the morning to catch up on the run, that now I'm afraid it has become part of him. In those limited days, he encouraged me to overcome some of my guilts. I found myself realizing I was just a kid when Cara died, and there was nothing I could've done to chang

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