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**Twenty-Five Years, One Deed**
The chandeliers at the Marriott downtown were the kind that threw little diamonds of light across white
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The Night the Corn Counted Back
My grandfather Earl used to say the wind out past the tree line had a memory. That it kept score of every
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# The Man Who Left Before Sunrise
I never told Marcus Whitfield about the trust fund. Not because I liked keeping secrets from my husband
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The Landlord Next Door
I manage the building at 214 Larchwood Court in Dayton, Ohio — twenty-six units, mostly young families
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Dana Sells Half of Larkspur Court House to Stranger for One Dollar
Dana Whitfield poured the last of the cold coffee down the kitchen sink and checked her phone one more
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The Wedding Box
The wedding was seven days away when the message came through. I was standing at my kitchen counter in
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# Sunny Condo with a River View
I work as a bookkeeper at a real estate office on Elm Street, and I was the one handling the escrow account
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Undone: Three Days Before Delivery, He Flew to Miami for Someone Else
Three days before my due date, Marcus Whitfield kissed my forehead, grabbed his roller bag, and told
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Carol Whitfield’s Battle to Keep Larkspur Court
My son forgot to end the call, and for the first time in years I heard exactly what he and his wife said
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The Mirror on Culver Avenue
I was wiping down the bathroom mirror on a Tuesday in March when my own reflection stopped me cold.