# The Ledger at Cypress Cove The bus smelled like pine air freshener and somebody's leftover Chick-fil-A
The garden hose caught me full in the face before I even opened my mouth. The water was ice-cold, smelled
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Baby Boy, 7 lbs 4 oz Darlene shook me awake at half past two in the morning. "It'
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The bourbon in Marcus Whitfield's glass had gone flat an hour ago, and he still hadn'