Three days later, the swelling on my mouth had finally gone down. It wasn’t a moment too soon. There was no way I’d miss the girl’s birthday party but I knew that if I’d arrived looking like I’d gone six rounds in the ring, my mother would never let me hear the end of it. As it was, Grace did a superb job of covering the last of my bruises with some of …
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