“You good, Mom?” Rufus asks. “It’s been a long day.” She looks around at the park, where other kids are playing and laughing, and it seems like the kind of thing she needed. “I’m on call for a surgery tonight. It’s for a Decker who wants to pass his heart on to another boy he’s only just met. They’re both so young and . . .” His dad seems stuck on a thought. “Wait. Did one have a Yankees cap?” “I didn’t see a cap at all.” He snaps his fingers at himself. “Valentino?” Her back straightens. “How do you know that?” “We met a Decker at the shop this morning. They bought a camera off us.” “He was a
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