He smelled the salt on his own lips and the orange blossoms in her hair. Real ones he could see now tucked into the curls with cheap native combs. The sight of them gave him hope.

He smelled the salt on his own lips and the orange blossoms in her hair. Real ones he could see now tucked into the curls with cheap native combs. The sight of them gave him hope.
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Looking back at him was a man who was battered and broken.
And alive for the first time in his life.
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It came as naturally to him as breathing or lying or worse. His mama had only taught her son to be cautious at all times. Garnette was more than that. Much much more than that.
- V.S. Carnes

He smelled the salt on his own lips and the orange blossoms in her hair. Real ones he could see now tucked into the curls with cheap native combs. The sight of them gave him hope. V.S. Carnes

He smelled the salt on his own lips and the orange blossoms in her hair. Real ones he could see now tucked into the curls with cheap native combs. The sight of them gave him hope.
V.S. Carnes