Never Knew Another

Authors: Mcdermott, J. M.

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“Can we talk about something else? A door opened and closed. Rachel didn’t sit up in the hammock. She knew it was Djoss. She didn’t want to look at him.“Hey, Rachel,” he said.He sounded tired. He’d been gone for two days.“Hey.”“Been good?”“No,” she said. “Where were you?”“Don’t be angry,” he said. “We need the money.”“Just tell me where you were.”“I had work. Then, Turco wanted some help with something. When I got done, I had to go back to work. You could have come down and seen me bouncing.”“Dj...oss…” She sat up. She forgot what she was going to say when she saw the blood. His lip was cut. He had been sliced along his arm.“It’s nothing,” he said. “Rowdy work. Bouncing.”“Let me see.”“No, it’s fine. Barely bled.”“Did you rinse it in wine?”“Of course not. That hurts!”“To heal the blood of men we must use the blood of earth.”“No.”“You were gone for two days and you come back bleeding. Let me pour wine on you, for luck, like in the koan.”“No.”“Please, Djoss?MoreLess Read More Read Less