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What are they hiding?
A palpable silence followed. Mrs. Collins avoided eye contact. Emily’s mind raced. What were they hiding? She’d spent hours with Chrissy, learning her quirks and dreams. The little girl adored them. There was no reason for the orphanage to withhold her now. Emily wasn’t even sure that an institution had the right to do such a thing. Yet here they were, fighting tooth and nail for answers. Chrissy’s teacher, Mrs. Alden, testified next.
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