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Charity looking eon fused, sullen and, even at
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in the btts.t. And her small tightly wrapped bouquet
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of carnations has wilted. She looks, momentarily, at the camera, at me,
a.0 and sighs, briefly filling the emptiness of the dress before turning het· back.
At that moment I ean see a smallish knot of bed-head fu?.z in her otherwise
neat pile of hajr and a long wet grass stain snaking down her back. I take a
deep breath to try to ease the tightness in my
chest and the hollowness in my gut. l close
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my eyes tight agajnst the knowing. Knowing for ">.9 '/•
certain that things are just the way they seem.
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