The Widow's Debt

Dedication

For Namanda Gaita,

Some people stop being a part of the story
and become the reason we keep telling it.

You walked into the hardest chapters I have lived through
and made every one of them worth reading.

Whatever I never learn about the world,
I know this about you.

— Steve

THE WIDOW'S DEBT

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