“There was a man who dwelt in a churchyard”. “What does dwelt mean?” Maddy asked, wrinkling her nose. ” He lived by a churchyard,” Nick explained, silently cursing himself for using a Shakespeare quote, but being an old English major he just couldn’t help himself. “And one night each year…”. Maddy interrupted again, “I don’t …
I let Quirk out. She scampers around collecting abandoned shoes ordering them toe to heel in a queue for Urgent Care. Next, she casts her arms to net all the tumbled clothes, flicking them viciously, slapping the air with a crack. A memory stirs of a stinging cheek and I rouse. I hear Quirk say clearly, “Blue …
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I always thought I settled for less—for snatches. That first time when you asked if the devil looked like you, I kissed you as if I was Scarlet O’Hara. I let you think you had the wicked glint of Rhett Butler rather than the dull patina of poor old beige Ashleigh. It was the start …
