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I could have enjoyed humiliating him.

Richard stared at me afterward.

“I told everyone he played piano.”

“Exactly,” I said.

I could have enjoyed humiliating him.

Mostly, I felt tired.

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But something useful had happened:

For the first time, Richard could no longer mistake paying for his children’s lives for knowing them.

Then Richard stopped himself.

One evening, I passed Lily’s room and heard her stumble over the same word during reading practice.