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0:00I showed up for my Sunday visit and the

0:01front door was unlocked, which was wrong

0:04because my grandfather always locked it.

0:06I walked in and called his name and the

0:08house was quiet. His leather chair was

0:10empty. The Chet Baker record was on the

0:12turntable, but the needle was up. I

0:14found [music] him in the kitchen on the

0:15floor next to the stove. His hand was

0:17still reaching for the counter like he'd

0:19tried to catch himself. I dropped to my

0:21knees and grabbed his shoulder and shook

0:23him and said his name over and over and

0:25he was cold and I knew he was gone, but

0:27I kept shaking him because stopping

0:29meant it was [music] real. I sat on the

0:31kitchen floor and held his hand and

0:33cried until I couldn't breathe. I drove

0:35home and walked through the door with my

0:36face swollen [music] and my shirt wet

0:38from tears. My dad was at the kitchen

0:40table on his laptop. I sat down across

0:43from him and put my hand on his arm.

0:44Dad, [music] I'm so sorry. Grandpa

0:46passed. He looked at my hand on his arm,

0:48then back at his screen. He was on the

0:50kitchen floor when I got there. I think

0:52it was quick. He looked [music]

0:53peaceful. I squeezed his arm. Are you

0:55okay? My dad closed the laptop and

0:57sighed like I'd told him the car needed

0:59an oil change. Did you lock the house

1:00when you left? Did I lock the dad? He's

1:02on the floor. I'm asking because there

1:04are valuables in that house and [music]

1:06the door needs to be secured. He picked

1:08up his phone and walked to the other

1:09room and I heard him say, "Diane, it's

1:11me. Dad finally passed. I need you to

1:13get over to the house before anyone else

1:15does. Bring boxes." He said, "Finally."

1:17[music]

1:17Like he'd been waiting for this phone

1:19call his entire life. I sat at the

1:21kitchen table with my dead grandfather's

1:23hand still cold on my skin and listened

1:25to my father coordinate a robbery and I

1:27walked to my room and closed the door

1:29and pressed my back against it and slid

1:31to the floor. I drove to St. Jude's that

1:34afternoon because there was a 7-year-old

1:36girl on the fourth floor who deserved to

1:38hear it from someone who was actually

1:39sad. Ada was seven and bald from chemo

1:42and she was sitting cross-legged on her

1:44hospital bed taping a new drawing to the

1:46wall when I walked in. Same drawing she

1:48always made. A room with a big window

1:50and sunlight pouring through it. Her

1:51room had no window, [music] just a

1:53curtain and a fluorescent light and

1:55every drawing she taped to that wall was

1:57a room with a window she'd never had.

1:59She grinned when she saw me. Is he

2:01coming today? I braced myself on the

2:02door frame. Ada, he died. Her grin

2:05collapsed into something I never want to

2:07see on a child's face again, [music] and

2:08the drawing slipped out of her hands and

2:10floated to the blanket. She pulled her

2:12knees to her chest and pressed her face

2:14into them and shook, and I sat on the

2:15edge of her bed and wrapped my arm

2:17around her shoulders and held her while

2:19she fell apart. He promised me a window,

2:21she said into her knees. I know he did.

2:23Is it still going to happen? Yeah, Ada.

2:25I'm going to make sure it does. You

2:27promise? I promise. She held up her

2:29pinky, and I hooked mine around it. Her

2:31hand was steady, and mine was shaking.

2:33He gave me his coat once, she said,

2:35wiping her face. [music] I was cold, and

2:36he took his coat off and wrapped it

2:38around me and said he didn't need it. I

2:40pressed the heels of my hands into my

2:42eyes because I was about to lose it in

2:44front of a 7-year-old, and she had

2:45enough to deal with. A nurse caught me

2:47in the hallway. Are you his grandson,

2:49the one who came on Sundays? Yeah,

2:51you're the first family member I've seen

2:53in months. His daughter came once and

2:55spent the whole visit photographing the

2:57furniture. She paused. [music] He talked

2:59about you constantly, said you were the

3:00only honest person in your family. She

3:02looked back toward Ada's [music] room.

3:04He was saving for the pediatric wing. 30

3:06years. He told me last month he was

3:08running out of time. I gripped the strap

3:10of my [music] backpack so hard my hand

3:12ached. Those kids loved him, she said,

3:14more than some of them love their own

3:16parents. She hesitated. Can I tell you

3:18something? He stopped eating properly

3:19months ago. He was losing weight. We

3:21tried to get him to talk to someone

3:23about it. That's not right. He always

3:24had food when I came over. She looked at

3:26me with pity I didn't understand yet. He

3:29stocked the fridge before your visits

3:30and emptied it after. He turned the heat

3:32up on Sundays and back down when you

3:34left. [music] He didn't want you to

3:35worry. I looked at the nurse. You said

3:37he saved for 30 years for the wing, but

3:39his house is freezing and his fridge is

3:41empty. Where did the money go? She shook

3:43her head. I don't know. [music] He told

3:45me last month he wasn't sure there'd be

3:46enough anymore. I walked out to my car

3:49and slammed the door and pressed my

3:50forehead against the steering wheel. I

3:52screamed into the steering wheel until

3:54my throat burned because I should have

3:55looked. The funeral was 3 days later and

3:58something was wrong before the first

3:59hymn finished. My aunt Diane whispered

4:02to a man I didn't recognize during

4:03[music] the processional and the word

4:05appraisal floated back to me over the

4:07music. At the reception, I passed my

4:09uncle in the hallway and heard him say,

4:11"The house alone is worth half a

4:12million." into his phone. My dad was in

4:14the corner shaking hands like he was

4:16hosting a networking event and when I

4:18walked past the coat room, I saw Diane

4:20showing someone photos of my

4:21grandfather's furniture on her phone and

4:23saying, "I've already called a dealer."

4:25I looked around the room at every person

4:27talking about money at a funeral and my

4:29hands curled into fists down by my

4:31sides. My cousin Garrett was in the

4:33second row scrolling his phone during

4:35[music] the eulogy and something snapped

4:37in me. I walked down my row and across

4:39the aisle and ripped the phone out of

4:40his hand. "What the hell are you doing?"

4:42He grabbed for it. I held it above my

4:44head. "He's in a box, Garrett. Your

4:46grandfather is in a box 6 ft in front of

4:48you and you're checking [music]

4:49Instagram." Garrett lunged for the phone

4:51and I stepped back and my aunt grabbed

4:53my arm and hissed, "Sit down." and my

4:55dad appeared beside me with a smile

4:57pasted on his face and his fingers

4:59[music] digging into my elbow. He

5:00steered me back to my row. "Not here."

5:03"Then where? When do we get to be honest

5:04about how little any of you cared?" He

5:06squeezed harder. "Not here. At the

5:08reception." I turned a corner and caught

5:10him on his phone saying, "Have you

5:12looked into the accounts yet?" I stepped

5:13in front of him. "Who was that?" He

5:15pocketed the phone so fast [music] he

5:16fumbled it. "Work." "It's grandpa's

5:18funeral. I know what day it is. Do you?

5:21Because you're already counting his

5:22money and he's not even in the ground."

5:24His jaw tightened [music] and he walked

5:25past me and I stood there in the hallway

5:27with my fists clenched at my sides and

5:30my jaw aching because I was surrounded

5:31by family and [music] completely alone.

5:33The will reading was 3 days after that

5:36and every seat was filled. People I

5:37hadn't [music] seen at the house in

5:39years were sitting in pressed suits with

5:41expectant faces. Diane had a notepad.

5:43The lawyer read the document and my name

5:45came out three times [music] and nobody

5:47else's. Every face turned toward me like

5:49a school of fish, and the hunger in

5:51their eyes made my skin crawl. Then the

5:53lawyer read the final clause, and my

5:55hands gripped the armrest [music] so

5:56hard the leather creased. "It is my

5:58express wish that the entirety of this

6:00estate be used to [music] fund the

6:01construction of the pediatric wing at

6:03St. Jude's Children's Hospital to be

6:05overseen by my grandson." I bit down on

6:08the inside of my cheek, because if I

6:10made a sound, [music] I was going to

6:11fall apart in a room full of people who

6:13didn't deserve to see it. Aunt Diane's

6:15mouth fell open. Garrett shoved off the

6:17wall. My dad's hand landed on my

6:19shoulder, hard, [music] holding me in

6:21place. In the parking lot, Diane got in

6:23my face first. "He wasn't in his right

6:25mind." I knocked her hand off my arm.

6:27[music] "He beat me at chess every

6:29Sunday." My dad tried the reasonable

6:31voice. "We'll sort this out as a

6:32family." "This [music] is sorted. He

6:34sorted it. It goes to the hospital."

6:36Garrett stepped up. "That money belongs

6:38to all of us, not some hospital." I

6:40turned to him. "You want to look a

6:427-year-old girl with cancer in the face

6:44and [music] tell her she can't have a

6:45window because you need the money. You

6:46want to do that, Garrett? Because I'll

6:48drive you there." He didn't answer. I

6:50walked to my car, and my hands fumbled

6:52the keys, [music] and I dropped them

6:53twice before I could start the engine. I

6:55drove to my grandfather's house. The key

6:57was under the rock. The door stuck, and

6:59when I stepped inside, the house was

7:01[music] freezing. I could see my breath

7:02in the hallway. I checked the

7:04thermostat, all the way down. I opened

7:06the fridge and found milk, bread, and a

7:08jar of peanut butter, [music] and I

7:09slammed the door so hard the bottles

7:11rattled because this was what his fridge

7:13actually looked like when I wasn't

7:15coming over. I walked back to the

7:16thermostat and turned it all the way up

7:18and stood there listening to the furnace

7:20kick on for the first time in god knows

7:22[music] how long, and the anger hit me

7:23so hard my vision blurred because he'd

7:25starved in this house and frozen in this

7:27house and performed [music] for me every

7:29Sunday so I wouldn't see what his own

7:31son was doing to him. The Chet Baker

7:33record was still on the turntable from

7:35my [music] last visit. I put the needle

7:36down, and the trumpet filled the cold

7:38room, and I stood there with Chet Baker

7:40[music] playing for no one in a house

7:42that should have been warm, and I made a

7:43promise to the empty kitchen that

7:45[music] whoever did this was going to

7:46answer for it. Not to a lawyer, not to a

7:48judge, but to me. I went to the study

7:50and sat in his leather chair, the one

7:52with the cracked armrest, and something

7:54crinkled under the cushion, [music] a

7:55note in his handwriting. Check the

7:57floorboard in my study. Don't let them

7:59find it first. My heart slammed. He

8:01knew. He knew they'd come for it,

8:03>> [music]

8:03>> and he'd hidden something for me. I

8:05pried up the floorboard with a butter

8:06knife and found a wooden box with

8:08scratches around the lock. I opened it,

8:10and it was empty. Someone got here

8:11first. I hurled the box across the room,

8:14and it hit the wall and cracked in half.

8:15[music] My dad showed up at the kitchen

8:17table with his reasonable voice and his

8:19folded hands. Your grandfather was

8:21confused.

8:22>> [music]

8:22>> He wouldn't have wanted his life savings

8:24going to a building. That's vanity, not

8:26charity. I hit the table so hard the

8:28salt shaker jumped. He saved for 30

8:30years to build sick kids a hospital

8:32wing, and you're calling that vanity.

8:34Mom tried the soft approach. [music] You

8:36don't want to tear this family apart

8:37over a hospital wing, do you? Ada is

8:40seven, Mom. She's never seen the sky

8:42from her hospital bed. Grandpa promised

8:44her a window. You want me to go back

8:46there and tell her the window's not

8:47coming because my family wants the

8:49money. They stared at me. I shoved my

8:51chair back and grabbed my keys. Ada is

8:53waiting for that window, and I'm not

8:55letting you take it from her. I walked

8:56out. I drove to the house and found a

8:58moving truck in the driveway. Aunt Diane

9:00was directing movers [music] to carry

9:02the dining table out the front door. I

9:04blocked the truck with my car, got out,

9:06and walked straight to the back of the

9:08moving truck. The leather chair [music]

9:09was inside, already loaded. I climbed

9:11into the truck and dragged it back out

9:13myself, scraping it down the ramp, and

9:15carried [music] it back into the study.

9:17Get your truck out of his driveway.

9:19We're just clearing. You're stealing

9:20from a dead man while his body is still

9:22warm. I caught the dining [music]

9:24table's edge and dragged it back through

9:26the front door so hard the legs gouged

9:28the hardwood. She called the movers off

9:30and left, but the study had been

9:31ransacked. Drawers open, floorboard

9:34pried up. She'd found the same empty box

9:36I had. Garrett [music] caught me in the

9:37school parking lot after practice. "You

9:39think you're special because you showed

9:41up on Sundays?" He shoved me backward

9:43into my car hard enough to [music] set

9:45off the alarm. I shoved him back harder.

9:47"Don't touch me." He swung and I ducked

9:49and his fist dented my car door and he

9:51screamed and grabbed his hand. "Yeah, I

9:53think I'm special, Garrett. I think I'm

9:55the only person in this family who

9:56treated Grandpa like a person instead of

9:58an ATM. And you broke your hand on my

10:01car, so you're going to remember this

10:02conversation every time you make a

10:04fist." He cradled his hand and backed

10:06away [music] and I picked up my keys off

10:08the asphalt where I dropped them and got

10:10in my car and drove home with my hand

10:12still shaking on the wheel. The family's

10:14lawyer filed to contest the will on

10:16grounds of diminished capacity and

10:18they'd found a doctor willing to

10:19testify. [music]

10:20The hearing was in nine days. I punched

10:22the dashboard so hard my knuckles split

10:24because they were going to call my

10:25grandfather crazy so they could take

10:27money from dying kids and the clock was

10:30running. My grandfather's housekeeper,

10:32Gloria, had been with him for 20 years.

10:34She answered on the first ring and

10:36invited me over before I even finished

10:38asking. She poured tea and her hands

10:40shook the whole time. "Your father came

10:42every Tuesday. He brought papers for

10:44your grandfather to sign."

10:45>> [music]

10:45>> What kind of papers? "Financial

10:47documents, transfers." I set the teacup

10:50down because my hands had gone numb

10:51[music] and the cup was going to end up

10:53on the floor. "His eyes were bad. He

10:55couldn't read the fine print. Your

10:57father told him they were tax [music]

10:58documents." I stood up so fast my chair

11:00scraped the floor. "How much?" "I don't

11:02know the amounts. I just know every

11:04Tuesday your grandfather had less and

11:06your father drove away with more." I

11:08paced [music] her kitchen because if I

11:09sat still, I was going to put my fist

11:12through her wall. "Did he know? Did

11:13Grandpa know what was happening to him?"

11:15Gloria looked at the floor. "At the end,

11:17I think he suspected. He started hiding

11:19things." I stopped pacing. "What [music]

11:21things?" "Papers, a letter. He told me

11:23he put it somewhere safe." She paused.

11:25"The Bible on the second shelf. He

11:27hollowed it out." The lawyer gave me

11:29access to the [music] bank records and I

11:30spread five years of statements across

11:33the study floor. I went through every

11:34page on my hands and knees with a red

11:37marker, circling every transfer to my

11:39father's account, hundreds of thousands.

11:41I found one from the month grandpa asked

11:43me to drive him to buy a winter coat. He

11:45checked every price tag twice and put

11:47back the one he wanted because it was

11:49too [music] expensive. He was cold

11:50because his son was stealing from him. I

11:52threw the statement across the room and

11:54it fluttered to the ground. I found

11:56another from the week he told me the

11:57wing might have to [music] wait a little

11:59longer. 30 years of saving for Ada's

12:01window and my dad was draining it. I sat

12:03on the floor surrounded by paper and my

12:05face was wet and I didn't [music] bother

12:07wiping it. On the desk beside me was a

12:09drawing Ada had given my grandfather,

12:11the yellow room with the smiley face

12:13sun, pinned to his cork board with a

12:15thumb tack. He'd kept it right where he

12:17could see it from his chair. I was in

12:19the study one night going through more

12:20records when the front door opened.

12:22Footsteps, heavy and fast. I killed the

12:25desk lamp and dropped behind the leather

12:26chair. Through the gap, [music] I

12:28watched my father walk into the study,

12:30go straight to the desk and start

12:31pulling drawers and dumping them. He

12:33swept books off shelves. He fed [music]

12:35papers into the fireplace and the flames

12:37lit up his face, hollow and mechanical.

12:40A record sleeve fell and he stepped on

12:42it. Chet Baker. The crack echoed [music]

12:44through the room and I bit my arm to

12:45stay silent. He checked the floorboard,

12:47kicked the empty box against the wall,

12:49and left. I sat behind the chair

12:51shaking. My father's shoe print was on

12:53my grandfather's favorite [music]

12:54record. He was burning the evidence I

12:56needed for the hearing and I had 4 days

12:58left. I drove to Gloria's house at 6:00

13:01a.m. [music] "My aunt threatened you."

13:03She opened the door in her bathrobe. She

13:04said if I talked, "You're not alone in

13:06this." I watched my dad burn documents

13:08[music] in the study last night. Her

13:10eyes went wide. "The Bible. Did he find"

13:12"No, it's still there." "Go, now before

13:15he goes back." I looked at her. "Will

13:16you testify at the hearing?" A long

13:18pause. "I'm scared." "I know, but if you

13:20don't, they win. [music] The wing dies.

13:22Ada gets nothing." Another pause. "Find

13:24the the first, then ask me [music]

13:26again." I drove to the house and ripped

13:28the Bible off the second shelf and

13:29cracked it open. Hollow pages, sealed

13:32envelope, folder of documents. I sat in

13:34the leather chair and tore open the

13:36envelope. Three pages, shaky

13:38handwriting. My father's name came first

13:40with every forged signature and power of

13:42attorney abuse and transfer documented

13:45down to the dollar. I read each line and

13:47my grip tightened until the paper

13:49creased. Diane's name came next with the

13:51jewelry and silverware and furniture

13:53she'd sold while grandpa was in the ICU.

13:56My eyes burned. Garrett's name last with

13:59the car and the forged title. By the

14:01third name, my face was soaked. The last

14:03paragraph, "Build it for Ada and the

14:05kids on the fourth floor. Build it

14:07because they deserve windows. [music]

14:09I'm leaving everything to you because

14:10you're the only one who came on Sundays

14:12because you wanted [music] to, not

14:14because you wanted something." The

14:15hearing was tomorrow. I walked into the

14:17hospital development office and put the

14:19will on the desk. My grandfather wanted

14:21every dollar to go to the pediatric

14:23wing. "The family is contesting the will

14:25and the [music] hearing is tomorrow. If

14:27I don't sign these papers today, a judge

14:29freezes the accounts in the morning and

14:31the wing never gets built." The [music]

14:33director read the clause twice. "He

14:35talked about this wing for 20 years. We

14:37thought it would never happen." She slid

14:39the [music] paperwork across and my pen

14:40shook so badly she steadied my hand. I

14:43signed every line. On the way out, I

14:45stopped at the fourth floor and pressed

14:47my palm flat against Ada's window. She

14:49was asleep inside, drawings taped around

14:52her like wallpaper. "Soon," I whispered.

14:54Then I called a family dinner. The

14:56hearing was in the morning. If this was

14:57going to happen, it had to happen

14:59tonight. I told them I was ready to

15:01discuss the estate and every one of them

15:03came. Diane brought wine. Garrett helped

15:05set the [music] table with his hand

15:07still wrapped from punching my car. My

15:09dad clapped me on the back. I knew you'd

15:11come around." I set the table. Diane's

15:13seat, a jewelry appraisal for the

15:15emerald ring she stole from the ICU.

15:17Garrett's seat, the title transfer for

15:19the car he forged and sold. Dad's seat,

15:22five years of bank statements, every

15:24theft [music] circled in red. At the

15:25head of the table, Grandpa's empty

15:27chair, his letter. Diane looked down and

15:30the color left her face. Garrett picked

15:32up the title transfer and his jaw

15:33dropped. Dad unfolded the first

15:35statement [music] and his hands went

15:37still. I stood up. You want to talk

15:39about the estate? Let's start with what

15:40you already took. My voice filled the

15:42room. Aunt Diane, Grandma's emerald

15:45ring, stolen from the jewelry box while

15:47Grandpa was in the ICU, sold for 18

15:50hundred, worth 12,000. Diane's glass

15:52shook. I didn't. [music] The appraisal

15:54is right there. I turned to Garrett. The

15:56car, you forged his signature on the

15:58title and sold it. Garrett shoved back

16:00from the table [music] and his chair

16:01cracked against the wall. You don't know

16:03what you're talking about. I called the

16:05buyer, Garrett. He told me a kid showed

16:07up with the keys and paid cash. He

16:08lunged across the table. [music] His

16:10hand caught my collar and he dragged me

16:12forward and my ribs hit the edge and

16:14plates went flying and wine splashed

16:16across the evidence. I grabbed his wrist

16:18and twisted and we crashed into the

16:20china cabinet and the glass doors

16:21exploded. He pinned me against the wall

16:24with his forearm on my chest and I drove

16:26my knee into his thigh and shoved him

16:28off and he went down over a chair. I

16:30grabbed a dining chair and held it

16:31between us. Sit down. The chair legs

16:34rattled because every muscle in my body

16:36was pulled tight. [music] He sat on the

16:37floor. I turned to my dad. Every

16:39Tuesday, five years, you sat [music]

16:41across from a man who couldn't see and

16:43you put papers in front of him and told

16:45him they were tax forms. [music] My

16:47voice cracked. He couldn't afford a

16:48coat, Dad. I drove him to the store and

16:50he checked every [music] price tag twice

16:52because he thought he was broke and the

16:54whole time it was you. I slammed both

16:56hands on the table. He saved for 30

16:58years to build dying [music] children a

16:59hospital wing and you stole it from

17:01them. Dad stood up. He wasn't in his

17:03right mind. He was [music] confused and

17:05he was He beat me at chess every Sunday,

17:07Dad. He knew every kid on the fourth

17:09floor by name. [music] He hollowed out a

17:10Bible to hide evidence from you because

17:12he was sharper than every person in this

17:14room. You stole from your own father. He

17:16didn't need a hospital wing. He needed a

17:18winter coat. He was freezing in his own

17:20house because you took everything. He

17:22was old and he was dying and that money

17:24was going to be wasted on on children,

17:26on kids [music] with cancer, on a girl

17:28named Ada who draws pictures of windows

17:30because she's never seen the sky from

17:31her bed. That's who you stole from.

17:34Dad's face was red and twisted [music]

17:35and his composure was completely gone.

17:38You want to know the best part? I pulled

17:39the receipt from my pocket and threw it

17:41on the table. The money is gone. I

17:43signed the donation papers this morning.

17:45[music] Every last dollar goes to St.

17:47Jude's. Construction starts in April.

17:49You spent two months fighting over money

17:51that was never [music] going to be

17:52yours. Diane went white. Garrett stared

17:55from the floor. Dad grabbed the receipt

17:57and his face drained of color reading

17:58[music] it. You gave it away? To dying

18:00children? To kids who grabbed his hand

18:02when he walked through the door? To a

18:04girl named Ada who shows him drawings of

18:06a window she's never had? My voice

18:07[music] broke. He loved those kids more

18:10than he loved any of you and he was

18:11right, too. Dad pointed at me. You are a

18:14child. What is she doing here? He'd seen

18:16Gloria. She walked in from the kitchen,

18:18coat on, folder in her shaking hands and

18:20she looked my father in the eye. I

18:22watched you do it. Every [music] Tuesday

18:24for five years. I watched you put papers

18:26in front of a man who couldn't see what

18:28he was signing. She set the folder on

18:30the table. Copies of everything. My mom

18:32spoke from the end of the table. I

18:33believed her. Every head turned. Mascara

18:36streaked down her face. I believed her

18:38because I already knew. I've known for

18:40[music] years. She looked at my dad. You

18:42told me it was handled. You told me he

18:43was fine. at mom and his whole face

18:46cracked open. [music] You want to know

18:47why grandpa left everything to me? My

18:49voice was raw and wrecked. Because I'm

18:51the only person in this family who

18:53showed up when there was nothing to

18:54take. They left one by [music] one.

18:56Diane first. Garrett limping. Mom walked

18:58out without looking at dad. He was last.

19:00He stood in the study doorway looking at

19:02the leather chair and I said, "Don't."

19:04And he closed his mouth and walked out.

19:06Gloria stood by the table with her hands

19:08finally still. "Thank you." I said. She

19:10shook her [music] head. He asked me to

19:11do one thing. This was it. She looked at

19:13the leather chair. He would have been

19:15proud of you tonight. I pressed my hand

19:17over my mouth because those were the

19:18words I'd needed to hear from someone in

19:20my family my entire life, and they came

19:22from his housekeeper. I drove to the

19:24hospital, fourth floor, lights dimmed,

19:26Ada's room at the end of the hall. She

19:28was asleep with her drawings taped

19:29[music] around her bed. I touched the

19:31yellow one with my fingertip, the room

19:33with the big window and the smiley face

19:35sun. Then I drove to the house [music]

19:37and sat in his leather chair and put the

19:39Chet Baker record turntable and dropped

19:41the needle. The trumpet filled the cold

19:42[music] study, and I closed my eyes and

19:45listened the way he taught me, and for a

19:46few minutes the room wasn't empty.

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