The Distant Promise

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The air in the hall of St. Jude’s was thick with the scent of damp wool, stale beer, and the cloying sweetness of the lilies that lined the stage, a floral arrangement so dense it seemed to suffocate the light, creating a twilight where the shadows of the pews stretched out like long, black fingers reaching for the ankles of those who sat in the front rows. You sat there, Margaret, in a dress...

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