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Nora adjusted the rearview mirror, not to see behind her, but to look at herself. Forty-three. A math tutor. A widow. The mother of a high school freshman who was currently at a sleepover, blissfully unaware. Tonight, Nora had told a lie. A small, surgical one. Going to book club at the library.

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"Took you long enough," Julian said, not looking up from his laptop. He was calibrating the sound. Nora adjusted the rearview mirror, not to see