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“You don’t have to stay,” her mother whispered, eyes still closed from the morphine’s gentle pull.

The first time Mira held her mother’s hand in the oncology ward, she noticed how the bones had rearranged themselves. They used to be anchors—firm, steering her across crowded streets or pulling her back from the curb. Now they were bird bones, hollow and fragile, as if the slightest squeeze might scatter them into dust. morethanadaughter

“You don’t have to know,” Mira said. “Just show up. That’s more than enough.” “You don’t have to stay,” her mother whispered,