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The maypole dancers are restricted by what\u2019s left of the ribbons. I watch them squeeze past each other with shining faces flushed pink from the heat. Too pink to be skin. More like meat.\xa0To my right, John\u2019s wickerwork bath chair crunches as he shifts. \u201cRaymond tells me you\u2019re writing again,\u201d he says.\xa0I swallow a scowl and nod. Raymond---Ray---John\u2019s doctor. That man can\u2019t smell gas without striking a match. | Copyright 2020 by G.V. Anderson. Narrated by Justine Eyre.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices