Your heartbeat is so different from his," I whisper it; he has to ask me to repeat myself. I explain, "My fatherhis heartbeat was so fast. I could feel it, racingit was like his heartbeat shook my whole body. Your heartit's steady. It feels safe. It's calming me down." And so we stand, and I cry, and listen to his heart until I am calm again, and then we get back to cleaning.

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