“It’s not like ya not to be eatin a whole buncha spaghetti pie.”

     “Sorry, Mama.”

     “What’s stuck under your crawl, girl?” asked Sadie, reaching for Justalynn’s brush and starting to brush her daughter’s hair.

     Justalynn’s eyes filled with tears, but she managed to hold down the sobs that threatened to erupt again from the deepest part of her.

     “I’ve just been havin enough, Mama.  I be missin Bear.  Seein him, bein courted by him, talkin to him, everythin about him.  He’s been in that hospital almost a year, and now I be knowin he’s never c...

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