Blackwater Val
“They never close. She’s here with us, my Chelle is. I pl-play checkers with her sometimes.”
“Oh George, that’s not—” He caught himself. “That’s nice. That’s nice, George.”
“That’s nice, George,” the old man repeated, arm shaking. He was barely coherent, losing consciousness.
“I think you’ve had a heart attack, George. We need to move you.”
George Deadmond fought to speak. “It’s broken,” he said. “My heart broke a long time ago . . . there’s nothing left.”
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