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The Gate We Returned To
The first thing I heard when I stepped out of the rideshare was Dylan laughing. The second was a young sailor saying words that changed my marriage forever. “Ma’am… his girlfriend is inside the unit. No visitors.” For a moment, I thought I had misunderstood him. It was 8:17 on a gray Thursday morning in San Diego, the kind of coastal morning...
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