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It is so not my responsibility to make sure Yocheved gets to go out

“Akiva, people commit murder for that kind of curse. People have betrayed their own brothers, done horrible things, for that curse”

I’ll give them this: my sisters make a great audience. They all gasp and sigh at all the right moments.

“Naomi. Can you just tell me what happened at that park? You’re scaring me”

For the past few days, he’d been waiting for a sign, an omen, a smoke signal — anything at all — to show him what his next step should be

“Being a part of my family is a lot,” he said slowly. “Now that Baruch is free of that… What can I say? I’m jealous of him.”