That afternoon, I found a small community center by accident while walking just to keep from freezing outside. The doors were open, and inside, people were folding clothes, talking quietly, moving with a kind of calm I didn\u2019t recognize from my own life.<\/p>\n
A woman at the front desk noticed me standing too long and asked if I needed help. I almost said no out of habit. Instead, I heard myself admit I had nowhere to stay for the night.<\/p>\n
She didn\u2019t react with shock. She just nodded, like she had heard it before from people who didn\u2019t look any different from me.<\/p>\n
As she led me toward a room with a cot and a locked door, my phone buzzed again in my pocket\u2014but this time, I didn\u2019t reach for it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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