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I picked up my car keys. I would drive by their house just to drop off the gifts. I wouldn\u2019t even go inside. What harm could that do?<\/p>\n

Twenty minutes later, I pulled up to their two-story colonial. The house was quiet. I was about to leave the gifts on the porch when I heard Christine\u2019s voice drifting through the open window.<\/p>\n

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\u201cNo, Mom, don\u2019t worry about her showing up.\u201d Christine\u2019s laugh was cold. \u201cI made sure David told her to stay away. She\u2019s not invited this year.\u201d A pause. \u201cOr any year, if I have my way.<\/p>\n

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I picked up my car keys. I would drive by their house just to drop off the gifts. I wouldn\u2019t even go inside. What harm could that do? Twenty minutes later, I pulled up to their two-story colonial. The house was quiet. I was about to leave the gifts on the porch when I heard…<\/p>\n

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