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Rumors spread quickly. How long had they been gone? Who might have known? What happened in the hours no one could account for?
In the days since, the community has lived in suspended grief. Parents hold their children tighter, as if proximity alone could guarantee safety.
Conversations pause in school parking lots, grocery aisles, and church steps. Strangers speak softly, searching one another for reassurance that never quite comes.
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