The Distant Promise
The rain hits the tin roof like a handful of gravel. You are sitting on the edge of the bed. Your hands are shaking. They shake because you are cold, but mostly they shake because you have just killed a man. Or maybe you have just saved a house. It is hard to tell the difference when the blood is drying on your knuckles. The room smells of wet wool and old iron. This is the house. The Whitmore...
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