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Then my phone buzzed.
The message appeared.
Ashley will take your place. She won’t embarrass us.
Nothing else.
No explanation.
No gratitude.
No acknowledgment whatsoever.
Just a dismissal.
I read it three times.
Ashley was my younger cousin.
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