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Chapter V: In the well (an excerpt)

Chapter V: In the well (an excerpt)

“What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.”-ASE

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Feb 09, 2024
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“It was raining, more like a cloud burst of a few low-hanging backlit clouds, waiting for sunset. The hot sidewalks needed a thin film of water to carry away what nature’s four-legged blessings left behind.

Philip had forever believed in his dreams; and, even more, in the infallibility of his luck. Sitting on a bench at a bus stop across …

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