The Meadow 27 was monstrous. What I should have said, Gaelan, was that my father treated your mother with great tenderness. He gently brushed her hair, and put makeup and pink pearl nail polish on her. Then he put her in her favorite dress. I remember, it was pink and it tied in the front with a flowered belt. And the whole time he was with her, he was talking to her, telling her how pretty she was going to look for her husband and son.” Gaelan Newman was crying now, and they walked until he was done.
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