Psychological Drama · fiction
The Peace After the Verdict
The cigarette glowed orange between Victor Hale’s fingers as he leaned across the Thanksgiving table. I remember noticing ridiculous things in that moment. The tiny crack running through the glaze of Marlene’s gravy boat. The way cranberry sauce had stained the edge of Ethan’s white dinner plate. The reflection of the...
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- Psychological Drama
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- Adult readers
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- 6
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- fiction
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