Chapter 12

We dismantled the red room.
Not literally.
We changed its use.
No private continuity dinners.
No children in political gatherings.
No photographs of Emma used to symbolize alliances.
The room became a family library.
Emma chose the first book placed there.
A dinosaur encyclopedia.
Perfect.
The chair David once used at the head remained.
Emma climbed into it with muddy shoes one afternoon.
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Nobody died.
Authority survived upholstery.