[She and Gale had had it all worked out. Someday, when all the children were grown, they would just leave. Stowe into the forest beyond the fence and never look back.
It doesn't hurt so much to think about that anymore. To wonder if the bitterness would still have cropped between them. If their mutual fires would have consumed them or help in survival. It'll never happen now, but it's okay, she thinks. Okay to wonder.]
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[She and Gale had had it all worked out. Someday, when all the children were grown, they would just leave. Stowe into the forest beyond the fence and never look back.
It doesn't hurt so much to think about that anymore. To wonder if the bitterness would still have cropped between them. If their mutual fires would have consumed them or help in survival. It'll never happen now, but it's okay, she thinks. Okay to wonder.]