![]() ![]() After a childhood of moving from one city to another, the idea of settling down with Deck, of belonging, well it suddenly sounded all right.ĪBOUT ‘BLOODLINE’: In a tale inspired by real events, pregnant journalist Joan Harken is cautiously excited to follow her fiancé back to his Minnesota hometown. The town even had a newspaper, Deck said. ![]() The world outside might scream and swirl like a tornado, but Lilydale floated in a bubble, outside of time, as safe as a smile. Everyone knew everyone, looked out for one another. Why dwell on what you can’t change?ĭeck’d been shocked, though, horrified, swore that strangers didn’t assault women in his hometown. They hadn’t been deep, and if not for them, and for Deck’s reaction, the mugging would have already faded into the shadows of my mind. They’re angry red scabs, halfway to healed. My cat is curled on my lap, and with my free hand I’m caressing the itchy stab wounds through my pantyhose. ![]() EXCERPT: I’m sitting on one leg as I grip Deck’s hand, perched in the Chevelle’s passenger seat, hurtling toward my new home, a place I’ve never been. ![]()
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