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Savannah
Present
The doorbell rang at Gran’s. Maddox had a key, and there was no one else I wanted to see. We were thankfully past the point of strangers showing up, claiming to be friends with Gran and handing me dinner or dessert. They all wanted to talk about how much they loved her. I didn’t have the bandwidth for one more sorry for your loss.
I peered through the peephole and gasped, wrenching the door open. “Lila, what are you doing here?”
My best friend rushed inside and wrapped her arms tight around me. “Surprise!”
“I mean, I love the surprise, but it’s football season.”
Lila worked as a physical therapist and trainer for the Falcons. Every fall was a complete shitshow. I usually saw her on her bye week and then not again until Christmas or even after New Year’s. The fact
