
Near the Barbadoes river, you wore white flowers visible from the bridge and let a baited hook rest on the bank. A fishing line catches more honestly in water, though perhaps the signal has already brought what it sought. You step into this one-chapter preview with Dickory Charter at the center, where choices turn on the people, promises, and pressure already in the room. The Sarah Williams had not sailed, but every route back to Bridgetown was already under someone else's control. The chapter closes on a continuation question rather than resolving the novel's larger arc.
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