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Leo held her hand. “Can we get ice cream now? Soft kind?”

Leo stayed in the waiting room, counting ceiling tiles.

That night, while Leo slept, she searched online again: “Ontario works dental coverage — adult preventive care.” The page was unchanged. She closed the laptop and touched her swollen cheek.

Ontario Works had kept her housed and fed. But it couldn’t save her teeth. And without teeth, she wondered how many employers would ever hire her to wash dishes, answer phones, or smile at customers again.