Marcia Lynn McClure
A man tethered by pain and guilt borne of past tragedy, ,A young woman with the soul of a guardian angel, ,And an unspeakable evil about to be unleashed. , ,As Cricket lay in the soft comfort of her bed, continuing to let her mind nest on thoughts of how truly wonderfully attractive Texas Ranger Thibodaux was, she giggled, thinking that looking at him was more refreshing than swimming naked on a summer Sunday afternoon. He was a tall drink of waterâ€”far taller than most of the other men in townâ€”and his shoulders were as broad as the state of Texas itself. Sky-blue eyes, bronze skin, square jaw, and dark hairâ€”and that smile! In truth, Cricket had only seen Heathro Thibodaux smile three or four times, but each incidence was something sheâ€™d never forget. His smile was bright and white, and the gold tooth he owned on the upper-right incisor of his smile only embellished the richness of it. , ,That one tooth. Cricketâ€™s smile faded as she thought of it. Oh, no doubt the flash only added to the splendor of his smile. Yet it also served as a reminder to anyone who had ever read or heard of what had happened in Texas one year before. No doubt it was a powerful remembrance to Heathro Thibodaux himselfâ€”a visual indication of true barbarity, pain, and loss. , ,In that moment, Cricket wonderedâ€”when Heathro looked in the mirror each morning and saw that tooth, did he think of eight dead girls buried in the bottom of a bleak and barren canyon? Did he think of the eight dead girls that he, for no fault of his own, had been unable to save?
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