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CompletedA Farewell Gift of Death
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- English
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- Flowering Tree
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- 8
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Claudia dies on the birthday her family has devoted to celebrating twin sister Esme Shaw. In confinement, she sends husband Edwin Grant a distress signal, but he dismisses it as jealousy over a dress.
Neither he nor her parents recognize the danger in time. She never reaches the celebration. The birthday gift she prepared for Esme shocks the room.
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