It was silly, this editing. The stories would never see the light of day. But we passed passages and chapters and thoughts. Brainstorms the size of hurricanes. She would get upset when I removed all the extra letters. American, I would remind her. She would sigh and add back the “u's” when I wasn't looking.
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