His mother wiped her cheek. <\/p>\n I stood in my kitchen holding my mother-in-law\u2019s phone, listening to my husband\u2019s voice come through the tiny speaker. PART 2 \u2014 THE DAY HIS MOTHER STOPPED DEFENDING HIM Roscoe turned around. And for the first time that afternoon, the color disappeared from his face. His mother sat in … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9655,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmnews168.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmnews168.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmnews168.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmnews168.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmnews168.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9650"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dmnews168.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9660,"href":"https:\/\/dmnews168.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9650\/revisions\/9660"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmnews168.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmnews168.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmnews168.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmnews168.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u201cWell, she has taken care of everything, Roscoe. Including all the things you were supposed to take care of yourself.\u201d
\nJasmine grabbed her purse from the truck\u2019s passenger step.
\n\u201cThis is ridiculous. Roscoe, you told me your marriage was practically over.\u201d
\nI felt my stomach drop.
\nRoscoe looked sharply at her.
\n\u201cJasmine, not now.\u201d
\n\u201cNo. You told me you and your wife were living separate lives.\u201d
\nI looked at my husband.
\n\u201cSeparate lives?\u201d
\nHe rubbed his forehead.
\n\u201cLib, don\u2019t twist things.\u201d
\n\u201cI sleep in our bed. I cook your supper when you\u2019re home. I deposit your checks and pay your bills. Just last Sunday, I ironed your shirts while you watched football.\u201d
\nJasmine stared at him.
\n\u201cYou said she didn\u2019t even care when you came home.\u201d
\nI laughed.
\nIt wasn\u2019t a happy sound.
\n\u201cJasmine, I drove an hour with two little boys and his disabled mother because we wanted to surprise him.\u201d
\nJasmine looked at the sign.
\nFor the first time, something resembling embarrassment crossed her face.
\nBut Roscoe wasn\u2019t finished.
\n\u201cEverybody\u2019s making this bigger than it is,\u201d he snapped. \u201cI\u2019m not leaving anybody. I still pay the bills, don\u2019t I?\u201d
\nThat was when I realized how little he understood.
\nHe genuinely believed paying the electric bill gave him permission to break my heart.
\nI knelt beside my grandsons.
\n\u201cBoys, take Grandma\u2019s purse to the van. I\u2019ll be right there.\u201d
\nThe older one hesitated.
\n\u201cAre you coming?\u201d
\n\u201cI promise.\u201d
\nThey walked away together, still carrying their sign.
\nHis mother watched them go.
\nThen she turned back to her son.
\n\u201cRoscoe, I want you to listen carefully.\u201d
\nHe sighed.
\n\u201cHere we go.\u201d
\n\u201cI am going home with Libby.\u201d
\n\u201cWell, obviously. That\u2019s where you live.\u201d
\n\u201cNo,\u201d she said. \u201cYou don\u2019t understand.\u201d
\nShe reached beneath her blanket and pulled out the little blue handbag she always kept beside her wheelchair.
\nInside was a folded piece of paper.
\nShe held it toward me.
\n\u201cLibby-girl, I was going to give you this on Sunday.\u201d
\nI stared at it.
\n\u201cWhat is it?\u201d
\n\u201cSomething I should have done a long time ago.\u201d
\nRoscoe frowned.
\n\u201cMa, what are you talking about?\u201d
\nShe looked up at him.
\n\u201cYour father left me more than the money you keep asking about.\u201d
\nRoscoe went very still.
\nI knew about the money.
\nEveryone did.
\nHis father had owned a small trucking business before he died. Most of it had been sold to pay medical expenses, but his mother still had savings that Roscoe occasionally mentioned whenever we discussed retirement.
\nWhat I didn\u2019t know was why she was bringing it up now.
\nShe placed the folded paper in my hand.
\n\u201cDon\u2019t open it here, honey.\u201d
\nRoscoe took another step toward us.
\n\u201cMother, what did you give her?\u201d
\nShe ignored him.
\n\u201cTake me home, Libby.\u201d
\n\u201cMa, answer me.\u201d
\nShe looked at him for a long moment.
\n\u201cI spent seventy-eight years believing a man ought to be judged by how he treats the people who depend on him.\u201d
\nHer lower lip trembled.
\n\u201cToday, you showed me exactly what kind of man you\u2019ve become.\u201d
\nRoscoe\u2019s face reddened.
\n\u201cYou can\u2019t just hand things away because you\u2019re upset.\u201d
\nHis mother smiled sadly.
\n\u201cThat\u2019s an interesting thing to say when you\u2019ve just thrown away a forty-year marriage because you were lonely.\u201d
\nI pushed her wheelchair toward the van.
\nBehind us, Roscoe shouted my name.
\nI didn\u2019t turn.
\nFor forty years, whenever that man called, I answered.
\nThat afternoon, for the first time, I kept walking.
\nThe drive home was quiet.
\nThe boys fell asleep halfway there.
\nHis mother sat beside them, staring out the window.
\nI kept the folded paper in my coat pocket.
\nI didn\u2019t open it until everyone was safely inside.
\nAfter helping his mother into her recliner, I went to the kitchen.
\nThe house smelled like the beef stew I\u2019d left simmering that morning.
\nRoscoe\u2019s favorite.
\nI turned off the stove.
\nThen I unfolded the paper.
\nIt wasn\u2019t a letter.
\nIt was a copy of a legal document bearing his mother\u2019s signature and a notary\u2019s seal.
\nAt the top were the words:
\nREVOCABLE LIVING TRUST \u2014 AMENDMENT.
\nI read the first paragraph.
\nThen the second.
\nBy the third, my hands were shaking.
\nHis mother appeared in the kitchen doorway, leaning against her walker.
\n\u201cYou\u2019ve read it?\u201d she asked.
\nI nodded slowly.
\n\u201cWhy didn\u2019t you tell me?\u201d
\n\u201cBecause I wanted you to know I wasn\u2019t doing it out of anger.\u201d
\nShe stepped closer.
\n\u201cI made that decision six months ago, Libby. Before today.\u201d
\nI looked down at the paper again.
\nAccording to the amendment, she had named me the successor trustee and primary beneficiary of the assets remaining in her trust.
\nIncluding something Roscoe had never told me existed.
\nA piece of commercial property beside the interstate.
\nThe same property where his trucking company had recently been negotiating a long-term lease.
\n\u201cDoes Roscoe know about this land?\u201d I whispered.
\nHis mother nodded.
\n\u201cHe knows about the land.\u201d
\nShe paused.
\n\u201cBut he doesn\u2019t know what I changed.\u201d
\nBefore I could ask another question, my phone rang.
\nRoscoe.
\nI let it ring.
\nThen a text appeared.
\nLIBBY. DON\u2019T DO ANYTHING STUPID. MOM DOESN\u2019T KNOW WHAT SHE\u2019S SIGNING. I\u2019M COMING HOME AND WE\u2019RE SETTLING THIS TONIGHT.<\/strong>
\nHis mother read the message over my shoulder.
\nAnd then she said something that made my blood run cold.
\n\u201cLibby, before he gets here, there\u2019s something you need to know about that property.\u201d
\nI turned toward her.
\nShe took my hand.
\n\u201cLast month, Roscoe brought me papers to sign. He told me they were insurance forms.\u201d
\nMy heart began pounding.
\n\u201cWhat kind of papers?\u201d
\nHer eyes filled with tears.
\n\u201cI didn\u2019t sign them, honey. Not because I knew what they were. I just couldn\u2019t hold the pen steady that morning.\u201d
\nShe swallowed.
\n\u201cAfter he left, I asked my attorney to look at them.\u201d
\n\u201cWhat did he find?\u201d
\nShe squeezed my hand.
\n\u201cHe found that my son had tried to get me to sign away control of the property.\u201d
\nI stared at her.
\nOutside, headlights swept across the kitchen window.
\nA vehicle pulled into our driveway.
\nHis mother looked toward the front door.
\nThen she whispered five words I will never forget.
\n\u201cAnd that wasn\u2019t all, Libby.\u201d<\/strong>
\nThe engine stopped.
\nA car door slammed.
\nThen came Roscoe\u2019s familiar footsteps on the porch.
\nBut this time, his mother didn\u2019t look frightened.
\nShe reached into her handbag, took out her phone, and placed it on the kitchen table.
\n\u201cBefore you open that door,\u201d she said, \u201cthere\u2019s a recording you need to hear.\u201d
\nAnd when she pressed PLAY, I heard my husband\u2019s voice saying something so terrible that I nearly dropped the phone.
\nEND OF PART 2 \u2014 CONTINUED IN PART 3<\/strong><\/p>\nPART 3 \u2014 THE RECORDING THAT DESTROYED HIS PERFECT LIE<\/h1>\n
\nIt was Roscoe.
\nThere was no mistaking that deep, impatient voice I\u2019d heard across our dinner table for forty years.
\n\u201cMa, I\u2019m not asking you to understand the business. I\u2019m asking you to sign the papers.\u201d
\nThen his mother\u2019s recorded voice answered.
\n\u201cWhy does Libby\u2019s name need to be taken off anything?\u201d
\nMy heart stopped.
\nRoscoe gave a sharp sigh.
\n\u201cBecause she\u2019s my wife, Ma. If something happens between us, I can\u2019t have her thinking she\u2019s entitled to property that belongs to my family.\u201d
\nI grabbed the edge of the kitchen counter.
\nSomething happens between us.
\nHe\u2019d said those words a month ago.
\nA month before I caught him kissing Jasmine.
\nHis mother continued playing the recording.
\n\u201cLibby\u2019s been taking care of me for six years, Roscoe.\u201d
\n\u201cAnd she\u2019s been living under my roof for forty,\u201d he snapped. \u201cShe\u2019s had a good life. What more does she want?\u201d
\nI closed my eyes.
\nForty years.
\nForty years of packing his lunches, paying the bills, raising our son, and waiting for a husband who always seemed to belong more to the highway than to his family.
\nAnd he thought I\u2019d been living under his roof.
\nAs though I were a guest.
\nThen another voice came through the speaker.
\nA woman\u2019s voice.
\nJasmine.
\n\u201cBaby, just tell her it\u2019s paperwork for the trucking company. She doesn\u2019t need to know the details.\u201d
\nI opened my eyes.
\n\u201cShe was there?\u201d
\nHis mother nodded.
\n\u201cIn my living room. Sitting on your husband\u2019s lap like she owned the place.\u201d
\nMy stomach twisted.
\n\u201cHere? In our house?\u201d
\nShe shook her head.
\n\u201cAt my attorney\u2019s office. Roscoe brought her because he thought she could help convince me.\u201d
\nI stared at her.
\n\u201cHis girlfriend came to your attorney\u2019s office?\u201d
\n\u201cYes, honey.\u201d
\n\u201cWhy didn\u2019t you tell me?\u201d
\nTears filled her eyes.
\n\u201cBecause I was ashamed. Because I couldn\u2019t believe I\u2019d raised a son who could do something like that.\u201d
\nThe recording continued.
\nRoscoe sounded angry now.
\n\u201cMa, you\u2019re making this difficult. Just sign the transfer and let me handle everything.\u201d
\nHis mother answered firmly.
\n\u201cNo.\u201d
\nA chair scraped.
\nThen Jasmine spoke again.
\n\u201cRoscoe, maybe we should go.\u201d
\nAnd my husband said the words that finally broke something inside me.
\n\u201cDon\u2019t worry. If she won\u2019t sign, I\u2019ll find another way. She can\u2019t hold on to that property forever.\u201d
\nThe recording ended.
\nFor several seconds, neither of us moved.
\nThen someone pounded on the front door.
\n\u201cLIBBY!\u201d
\nRoscoe.
\n\u201cOPEN THIS DOOR!\u201d
\nHis mother reached for my hand.
\n\u201cDon\u2019t let him frighten you.\u201d
\nI looked at that little woman, barely strong enough to walk across the kitchen without assistance.
\nFor six years, I\u2019d been the one holding her upright.
\nThat night, she was holding me.
\nAnother knock rattled the door.
\n\u201cLibby, I know you\u2019re in there!\u201d
\nI took a deep breath.
\nThen I walked into the hallway.
\nThrough the frosted glass, I could see Roscoe standing beneath the porch light.
\nHis face was red.
\nHis fists were clenched.
\nI opened the door, leaving the screen door locked between us.
\n\u201cWhat do you want, Roscoe?\u201d
\nHe stared at me.
\n\u201cWhat do I want? I want to know why you\u2019re ignoring my calls.\u201d
\n\u201cBecause I don\u2019t feel like talking to you.\u201d
\nHe blinked.
\nIn forty years of marriage, I don\u2019t think he\u2019d ever heard me say that.
\n\u201cWhere\u2019s my mother?\u201d
\n\u201cInside.\u201d
\n\u201cLet me in.\u201d
\n\u201cNo.\u201d
\nHis jaw tightened.
\n\u201cLibby, this is my house.\u201d
\nI looked at him.
\nThen I said something I\u2019d never said before.
\n\u201cFunny. I thought it was our house.\u201d
\nHe grabbed the screen-door handle.
\n\u201cDon\u2019t start with that nonsense.\u201d
\nBehind me, his mother\u2019s walker clicked against the hallway floor.
\n\u201cRoscoe.\u201d
\nHe looked past my shoulder.
\n\u201cMa, tell her to open the door.\u201d
\nHis mother stopped beside me.
\n\u201cNo.\u201d
\nHe stared at her.
\n\u201cWhat?\u201d
\n\u201cI said no.\u201d
\nHe gave a disbelieving laugh.
\n\u201cYou two have lost your minds.\u201d
\nHis mother straightened as much as her weakened body allowed.
\n\u201cI heard what you told your wife at that truck stop.\u201d
\n\u201cMa, that was private.\u201d
\n\u201cYou said it in front of children and strangers. There was nothing private about it.\u201d
\nRoscoe rubbed his temples.
\n\u201cFine. I made a mistake. Can we stop acting like the world\u2019s ending?\u201d
\n\u201cA mistake?\u201d I repeated.
\nHe looked at me impatiently.
\n\u201cYes, Libby. A mistake.\u201d
\n\u201cWas Jasmine a mistake for one afternoon, or for the month you\u2019ve been trying to take control of your mother\u2019s property?\u201d
\nHis hand dropped.
\nThe expression on his face changed instantly.
\n\u201cWhat are you talking about?\u201d
\nI held up the phone.
\nHis mother\u2019s phone.
\n\u201cWe heard the recording.\u201d
\nFor the first time that evening, Roscoe looked genuinely afraid.
\n\u201cMa\u2026\u201d
\nHis mother met his eyes.
\n\u201cI kept a copy.\u201d
\n\u201cYou had no right to record me!\u201d
\n\u201cI was sitting in my own attorney\u2019s office, Roscoe. My lawyer arranged to preserve the conversation after you started pressuring me.\u201d
\nRoscoe looked from her to me.
\n\u201cLibby, whatever you think you heard\u2014\u201d
\n\u201cI heard enough.\u201d
\nHe leaned against the porch railing.
\nFor a moment, he looked older than his sixty-four years.
\nThen his face hardened again.
\n\u201cAll right. Fine. You want the truth?\u201d
\nI said nothing.
\n\u201cI\u2019ve been unhappy for years.\u201d
\nThere it was.
\nA sentence he\u2019d probably practiced during hundreds of miles of lonely highway.
\n\u201cI didn\u2019t want to hurt you,\u201d he continued. \u201cBut you stopped being my wife a long time ago.\u201d
\nI felt my throat tighten.
\n\u201cWhen?\u201d
\nHe frowned.
\n\u201cWhat?\u201d
\n\u201cWhen did I stop being your wife, Roscoe? Was it when I stayed awake three nights after your mother\u2019s stroke? Was it when I postponed my knee surgery because you couldn\u2019t take time off? Or was it when I worked weekends at the church fundraiser so we could help our son pay for his boys\u2019 school clothes?\u201d
\nHe looked away.
\n\u201cThat\u2019s not what I mean.\u201d
\n\u201cThen tell me what you mean.\u201d
\nHe said nothing.
\nI nodded.
\n\u201cThat\u2019s what I thought.\u201d
\nFrom the living room, I heard a small voice.
\n\u201cGrandma?\u201d
\nMy youngest grandson stood at the end of the hallway, rubbing his eyes.
\nHe was wearing the dinosaur pajamas I\u2019d bought him for Christmas.
\n\u201cWhy is Grandpa yelling?\u201d
\nEverything inside me softened.
\nI knelt down.
\n\u201cSweetheart, go back to bed. Grandpa and I are having a grown-up conversation.\u201d
\nHe looked at Roscoe through the screen.
\n\u201cGrandpa?\u201d
\nRoscoe\u2019s expression changed.
\n\u201cHey, buddy.\u201d
\nThe boy hesitated.
\nThen he asked a question that made all three adults fall silent.
\n\u201cDid you stop loving Grandma?\u201d
\nRoscoe opened his mouth.
\nClosed it.
\nThen said, \u201cIt\u2019s complicated, son.\u201d
\nMy grandson looked at me.
\nHis little face crumpled.
\n\u201cBut Grandma isn\u2019t complicated.\u201d
\nI felt tears rise.
\n\u201cShe makes pancakes,\u201d he continued. \u201cAnd she waits for you.\u201d
\nRoscoe looked down at the porch floor.
\nI took the boy\u2019s hand and led him toward the bedroom.
\nWhen I came back, Roscoe was standing exactly where I\u2019d left him.
\nBut his mother had moved closer to the screen.
\n\u201cYou should go to a motel tonight,\u201d she told him.
\nHe lifted his head.
\n\u201cYou\u2019re throwing me out?\u201d
\n\u201cI\u2019m asking you to give your wife some peace.\u201d
\n\u201cShe\u2019s turning you against me.\u201d
\nHis mother shook her head.
\n\u201cNo, Roscoe. You\u2019ve done that yourself.\u201d
\nHe laughed bitterly.
\n\u201cFine. You two want to play games? Let\u2019s talk about that trust.\u201d
\nMy stomach tightened.
\nHis mother remained calm.
\n\u201cWhat about it?\u201d
\n\u201cThat property is worth a fortune now. You think I\u2019m going to let you hand it over to Libby because you\u2019re angry?\u201d
\nShe looked him straight in the eye.
\n\u201cYou\u2019re forgetting something.\u201d
\n\u201cWhat?\u201d
\n\u201cIt was never yours.\u201d
\nHis face darkened.
\n\u201cDad built that business.\u201d
\n\u201cAnd your father left the property to me.\u201d
\nRoscoe stared.
\n\u201cHe expected it to stay in the family.\u201d
\nHis mother nodded.
\n\u201cThat\u2019s exactly what I\u2019m making sure happens.\u201d
\nHe looked at me with such bitterness that I almost didn\u2019t recognize him.
\n\u201cSo that\u2019s it? Forty years of marriage, and you\u2019re going after my inheritance?\u201d
\nI took a breath.
\n\u201cRoscoe, I didn\u2019t even know about this until tonight.\u201d
\nHe sneered.
\n\u201cSure you didn\u2019t.\u201d
\nHis mother stepped between us.
\n\u201cEnough.\u201d
\nHer voice shook, but she didn\u2019t back down.
\n\u201cI made my estate plans with my attorney while I was of sound mind. And Libby never asked me for a penny.\u201d
\nRoscoe pointed at the phone.
\n\u201cWell, I\u2019m getting my own lawyer.\u201d
\n\u201cYou\u2019re entitled to do that,\u201d she replied.
\nHe stood there another moment.
\nThen he turned sharply and walked toward his pickup.
\nBut before he opened the driver\u2019s door, he looked back.
\n\u201cYou think you\u2019ve won something, Libby?\u201d
\nI didn\u2019t answer.
\nHe smiled.
\nA cold, unfamiliar smile.
\n\u201cWait until you find out what I\u2019ve already done.\u201d
\nThen he climbed into the truck and drove away.
\nI stood in the doorway long after his taillights disappeared.
\nHis mother touched my arm.
\n\u201cCome inside, honey.\u201d
\nI locked the door.
\nWe sat at the kitchen table until nearly midnight, trying to understand how a marriage could fall apart in a single afternoon.
\nThen my phone buzzed.
\nIt was a message from our son, Daniel.
\nMOM, DAD JUST CALLED ME. HE SAYS YOU\u2019RE TRYING TO STEAL GRANDMA\u2019S MONEY. WHAT IS GOING ON?<\/strong>
\nI stared at the screen.
\nBefore I could respond, another message appeared.
\nHE ALSO SAID YOU TWO ARE GETTING DIVORCED. PLEASE TELL ME THAT ISN\u2019T TRUE.<\/strong>
\nMy hands began shaking.
\nRoscoe had already started telling his version of the story.
\nBut before I could call Daniel, my mother-in-law\u2019s phone rang.
\nThe caller ID showed her attorney\u2019s name.
\nMr. Whitcomb.
\nShe answered.
\n\u201cHello, Harold?\u201d
\nI watched her face change.
\nFirst confusion.
\nThen disbelief.
\nThen something close to terror.
\n\u201cAre you certain?\u201d she whispered.
\nShe listened for another moment.
\nThen slowly lowered the phone.
\n\u201cWhat is it?\u201d I asked.
\nShe looked at me with tears in her eyes.
\n\u201cLibby, Harold just checked the county property records.\u201d
\nMy heart began pounding.
\n\u201cAnd?\u201d
\nShe swallowed.
\n\u201cSomebody filed documents against the interstate property three weeks ago.\u201d
\nI frowned.
\n\u201cWhat kind of documents?\u201d
\nHer lips trembled.
\n\u201cA deed transferring ownership to a company I\u2019ve never heard of.\u201d
\nI stared at her.
\n\u201cBut you never signed anything.\u201d
\n\u201cI know.\u201d
\nThe kitchen seemed suddenly very cold.
\nThen she said, \u201cHarold says my signature is on it anyway.\u201d
\nI grabbed the back of a chair.
\n\u201cThat\u2019s impossible.\u201d
\nHer eyes filled with tears.
\n\u201cThere\u2019s something else.\u201d
\nI waited.
\n\u201cThe company that received the property\u2026\u201d
\nShe paused, almost unable to speak.
\n\u201c\u2026was formed by Roscoe and a woman named Jasmine Carter.\u201d
\nFor several seconds, neither of us could move.
\nThen I remembered what Roscoe had said before leaving.
\nWait until you find out what I\u2019ve already done.<\/strong>
\nI looked at his mother.
\nShe looked back at me.
\nAnd for the first time, I understood that my husband\u2019s betrayal wasn\u2019t just about another woman.
\nHe had been planning something much bigger.
\nSomething that could destroy the security his mother had spent a lifetime building.
\nBut Roscoe had made one enormous mistake.
\nHe didn\u2019t know his mother had kept the original papers.
\nAnd he certainly didn\u2019t know what else her attorney had discovered that morning.
\nEND OF PART 3 \u2014 CONTINUED IN PART 4<\/strong><\/p>\nClick Here to continuous Read\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b Full Ending Story
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