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Claire
Since Hannah’s school had scheduled the entire week off for Thanksgiving, Alex and I dropped our daughter off with Alex’s sister, Avery, on Monday morning. The woman and I had our issues with each other, mostly because I didn’t appreciate the way she had always relentlessly teased Alex. I knew all about sibling rivalry, however Avery took it to a whole new, uncalled-for level. But there was no denying that she loved her niece with all of her heart, and Hannah felt just as strongly about her fun Aunt Avery.
I did feel bad that Avery had lost her job as a paralegal––presumably for publicly standing by her brother’s side while Alex had been thought to be the town’s first murderer––although the law firm would never admit to that being the reason for her dismissal. She’d been strug
