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The Day Everything Changed I was eight years old when my mother disappeared. One day, she was there—her voice in the kitchen, her shoes by the door. And then, she was gone. I waited for her after school, but bedtime came, breakfast came, and she still wasn’t there. No one could explain why she left me and my sister. No one could tell us what we had done. She called just once. “I’m at the mall,” she said. “I love you.” But she never came home. Not that night. Not for months. Days and weeks filled up with waiting, and sadness, and shame. I didn’t...