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by ericparton
In the end, I didn’t say yes to GraceÀ eld because of the awesomeness of the cause or my new understanding of how to liberate myself.
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No.
Something more prosaic happened.
I saw Jack kiss a new girl in the parking lot of the drug store.
(think condoms)
(ew)
Which, given my recent victory on apology night, shouldn’t have bothered me.
But it did.
The truth?
Columbia, South Carolina suffocated me.
GraceÀ eld was as good an escape as any.
Whatever the danger, I wanted to go.
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CHAPTER SEVEN
ps
(i don’t like the number six)
(therefore this book ends on chapter seven)
(tee hee)
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