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Marcelline shoved four-year-old Piers into a chair and dropped a burned hamburger and blackened bread onto his plate while Lily ate perfectly cooked meat beside him.  “Eat, or starve again.”  Jessamine rushed over and hurled the plate at Marcelline.  “Again? What does she mean, again?”  Piers pointed to fresh meals hidden in a cooler. “Her kids got the food... Burnt pieces for me.”  Jessamine found an envelope beneath them.  Marcelline lunged for it. “Open that envelope and I’ll tell Piers why his father abandoned him.”  Jessamine read the first line—and froze.