Musical Accompaniment: You make me by Raphael Lake
The worst ways to burn, are from the inside out.
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I have seen Earl.
His violence and his ruthlessness. But suddenly, thanks to Rose, I can also now see him as a boy who clung to his mother like a lifeline, only to have it cut away, to be left drifting in a sea of violence and hard men and a father who needed an heir more than he needed a son.
I don’t like thinking about Earl like this. I have a job to do and knowing about his life would only…complicate things. I should tell Rose to stop, maybe find a way to distract her from this line of conversation but my lips refuse to form the words.
Oblivious to my discomfort, eyes closed and feet still in the water, Rose leans back on her hand.
“After mom left, Earl pretty much gave
