Victoria

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Kane thought of the small house Maxine lived in, that he was sure Helena lived in, too. He thought of the second bedroom full of watercolor paintings doomed to fade under winter’s sun. Helena and Maxine were described as friends, but was that true? Or was “friend” just a lie the world told about two elderly women who chose to live together, away from everyone else, in their own world of wonder? Kane thought of the house’s single bedroom. He thought of the gloomy, covert life so many queer people were forced to live as they found one another in a time and a world that could not adjust to them. ...more
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