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In the moonlight a hulking shape hurried away on the dirt drive, shadowy at first, then separating into two figures. One was Alice Terwilliger, the other was Billie Armstrong, shaking and mumbling, covering her nakedness with an American flag wrapped like a blanket around her shoulders.

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I slipped down into the creek bed and careened my way back to the school grounds, climbed out behind the bleachers, sat down in the dugout on the first-base side, gasping for air, head in my hands.

ROY DUFRAIN JR

The Blues & Billie Armstrong 37

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Previously in The Blues & Billie Armstrong…

I slipped down into the creek bed and careened my way back to the school grounds, climbed out behind the bleachers, sat down in the dugout on the first-base side, gasping for air, head in my hands.

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