“You can’t wash a mill village out of your system, Tom,” Sallie said. “I’ll never be able to give you what some of these other girls can give you.” “And I can’t wash the shrimp off my deck either,” I answered. “I like shrimp,” she said. “And I like cotton.” “Let’s show them, Tom,” she said, kissing me. “Let’s you and Sallie show them all. We won’t have everything and there’ll be some stuff we’ll always be lacking, but our kids will have everything. Our kids will have everything in the world.” Those were the words I had been waiting my whole life to hear and I knew the right woman had entered
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