Out-takes XVII

3rd December 2006 with 2 Comments

Danny couldn’t believe it when Turner came around. He remembered his first sighting of him, swaying in the doorway to their house. Big shoulders and he wore his hair long, then. A dirty silk scarf around his neck, the rogue’s smile planted on his face.
‘Well isn’t this cozy,’ he’d said. ‘Get the bottle out, girl, [...]

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