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race.
    Let me drive you back to town, Else, as
an apology. And as a thank you, for soldiering
on yesterday. She pats my hand.
Soldiering on is important.
    She goes out to the hallway and pulls on
a coat and I see past her to the vicious sea.
The wind is screeching a ferocious caw.
The waves are streaming over the cliffs.
The grass on the headland is flattened and
salted and Karen looks back at me. She
smiles her soft island smile that could
mean anything.
    I am getting out of here. I am getting
away, and this time I’m taking my mum
with me.

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