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for her boys to get home from school before
Camilla ever let her see the letters. In the middle
of one of her stories, the phone rang. She
excused herself to get it.

Rachel could overhear Camilla’s side of the
conversation. “Yes, she’s here . . . Right now . .
. Okay, I’ll tell her.”

Camilla returned to her seat. “Martha says
there is a man there, a lawyer, who was sent over
by Jacob. She says you need to come home right
away.”

Rachel gasped at the thought of Jacob
sending a lawyer, but her thoughts returned to the
letters. “Camilla, can I take the letters with me
so I can read them?”

“Well, I don’t know. I’d have to ask
Martha, since she is the one who made me

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