Old Black Billy had said, “You marry that girl, and you’ll have a long happy life. But if you leave her, as is your nature, being from the same line as that no-good granddaddy of yours, you’ll see places you don’t have the mind to dream of.” When Old Black Billy gave his prediction, he must’ve seen something he didn’t like in Freddy’s face because the frail man was suddenly up and snatching at Freddy’s shirt collar. Billy got a good grip too, one of his nails lifting a strip of flesh from Freddy’s collarbone. “You know, wanderers like us could fall right through the earth and no one would know
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