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There’s a wedding on the dock below—a small group of maybe a dozen people in attendance, watching the bride and groom hold hands in front of the officiant. Finding no answers down there, I study her—her smudged mascara and the streaks on her cheeks. “You are.” Protectiveness surges in my chest. “Who made you cry? Is this about your mom?”

She recoils like I’ve slapped her