Clara and the Hamilton Family
Before leaving he asked whether he could bring Idan to see her, if she wished.
Clara considered the drawing on her table.
“Only if Idan wants to,” she said.
“And only if nobody expects him to fix what the adults broke.”
PART 14
Clara’s apartment sat above a tailor’s shop.
Each morning, the vibration of a sewing machine traveled gently through her floor.
The kitchen table doubled as a desk, the sofa as a guest bed, and a blue cup collected water beneath a dripping faucet.
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