He pivoted to look at me. “The doctor! Acting like you don’t know who I’m talkin’ about…” he muttered. “The town’ll get ’er back.” I wrinkled my brows at him. “I don’t follow.” “The town! It’ll get ’er back! It picks who it wants. I’ve known every lifer going back ninety-six years. I know one when I see one. Your grandparents, you, Doug, Doreen. Not your mama. I knew it the moment she came into the world, she weren’t for here. The town knew it too, let her leave.” I blinked at him. “Let her leave?” He looked at me for a moment, squinting with his good eye. “It’s alive, you know.” “What’s
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