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But I also check the calendar.
I go to appointments.
I listen when her voice changes.
I believe the small things before they become emergencies.
Because trust is not always stolen loudly.
Sometimes you hand people a key, an alarm code, a seat at your kitchen table, and they use it to learn where you are weakest.
And sometimes, if you are lucky enough to come home early, you get one chance to take the key back.
That day, I dropped the roses.
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