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Cortney Jean Bolek
Cortney Jean Bolek
Chapter Two | Learning the Language of Stillness
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Chapter Two | Learning the Language of Stillness

The mornings were slower now.

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Chapter Four | Someone Else Remembered
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Chapter Four | Someone Else Remembered

The second time, it was the library.

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Chapter Five | A Pause in the Rain
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Chapter Five | A Pause in the Rain

It wasn’t meant to rain that day.
She had checked the weather. Twice.

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Chapter Six | The Shape of Thursdays
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Chapter Six | The Shape of Thursdays

It began with scones.
Now it was something else.

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Chapter Seven | The Letter and the Leaf
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Chapter Seven | The Letter and the Leaf

The letter arrived on a Wednesday.

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Chapter Eight | A Warmth You Don’t Question
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Chapter Eight | A Warmth You Don’t Question

The first frost came quietly.

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Chapter Nine | The Places We Return To
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Chapter Nine | The Places We Return To

She hadn’t planned to visit the orchard again.

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Chapter Ten | The Quiet That Stayed
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Chapter Ten | The Quiet That Stayed

Snow came early that year.

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