The Sisters Beneath the Ash Trees
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The first time Martine Crawley came to Hiram, nobody knew what to make of him.
He arrived in the middle of summer, when the Georgia heat pressed down over the town like a heavy blanket and the roads shimmered beneath the sun. He was unlike anyone the people of Hiram had ever seen before. He carried himself with a quiet confidence, spoke words that sounded strange and beautiful, and smiled as if he knew secrets the rest of the world had forgotten.
The town remembered his smile most of all.
It was the kind of smile that made people forget their own thoughts. His teeth were bright, his voice smooth, and every unfamiliar word that left his mouth seemed to linger in the air long after he had spoken.
The Campbell sisters were the first to listen.
There were three of them.
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