I felt not jealousy so much as shame for not understanding the bond between them. The bond that was stalwart in the face of complacency and cruelty and wandering desire. The habit of each other that was the bedrock upon which they'd sunk the foundation of their mutual existence-and upon which they were standing, still. I
( Jan Ellison )
[ A Small Indiscretion ]
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