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She missed him every single day, even though she knew she wasn’t allowed to miss him because he had yelled at Mom and scared her. Scared them both, actually, but Allie knew that Mike would never have hurt them. Just the yelling alone was scary, and when he had slammed his big fist into the wall and made the plaster crack, Mom had made a little squealing sound like Allie’s guinea pig made when it was excited, but Mom wasn’t excited. She was scared. She had squashed Allie close to her in the space between the dining room table and