Laurel is trapped in her parents' bedroom by a bird which is really her grief and anger over the loss she has suffered. She is angry at the indignity that surrounded her father's last days. The grief lets her find the desk in the sewing room where she can bond with the papers of her mother who is really the only one who could begin to understand her rage right now. She gets a perspective on her parents' marriage as well. She remembers that her father thought that loving somebody and giving them what they want should be enough. It wasn't.....
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