probably 1920 or so—and the inmates believed that if the light from the locomotive shone into your cell, that was a sign that you were going to be set free come morning. The prisoners would all stay up late, praying that it would be their cell that night. So you see, kids, the Midnight Special is the train of redemption, and its headlight is salvation, a light that comes along in the dead of night to save you, no matter what your prison is, no matter how dark your night.” At that, he dumped his coffee into the sink and kissed Peti on the mouth. “You, Petra Kovacs, are my Midnight Special,” he
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