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33 The New Hand on the Place Sets His Sights on Molly Now they noticed her body had wandered into breasts and hips, and through her sack cloth dress they could sense the possibilities. But before the other men had a chance to hold her body in the dark circles of their eyes, before they could lie down with the thought of her against the contours of their minds, before they could begin to figure how a week or a life or whatever time chance and the woman granted would redeem the sleep they’d lose loving her, Molly had become Shad’s girl. ...

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