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The File Her Parents Never Read
The first thing I heard when I walked into the Cook County courtroom was my mother laughing. Not loudly. Evelyn Carter would never do anything loudly in public. She had spent most of her adult life perfecting the kind of elegance that made cruelty look sophisticated. Her laugh was small and breathy, followed by the...
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