She stayed for the bread, and then she stayed for the afternoon, and then it was three days, and Wren had stopped pretending to herself that she was counting them as a guest. The Hallorans absorbed her with a quiet, practiced grace. Maren put her to work kneading dough and never once made her feel useless. The nine-year-old, whose name
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