Around them, the community adjusted to a new kind of silence. Fliers came down. Candles were replaced by casseroles, rides, and quiet offers to help with whatever came next. No one pretended that the missing years could be undone. Instead, they honored them by acknowledging the scars and choosing to walk beside the family anyway. What remained, after fear and doubt and distance, was something stubborn and simple: they had him back, and they would not waste the second chance
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