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The white door in the hallway is new. You can't remember having seen it before. After the children left home, you had expected the house to be quieter. You hadn't expected it to grow. Now, with Brady gone, Samantha living with her boyfriend one town over, and everything being packed for the move, unexpected doorways and passages are the norm. Just yesterday morning, you had been vacuuming the bedroom and noticed a small archway behind the wardrobe leading to goodness knows where.
Sometimes, on the nights when Derek doesn't come home, you imagine you can hear the creaks and groans of rending wood and stone as the house tortuously shifts itself into new configurations.
When Derek arrived home from work last night, you tried to tell him about it, as you do most nights.
"You should be glad of the extra space, Elaine," he said, "you've always wanted a workroom." Most of the time he just sighs and turns the TV on, only half listening to you.
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