The Third Year
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Last published Thu, Aug 25, 2022
Henry Baker was a patient man. For one thousand three hundred and sixty eight days he waited for her. Henry waited to return home to Elouise Duran, the beautiful blonde whose last gift to him was a red lipstick stain on his left cheek on December 27th, 1941.
Three grueling years, and it is nothing more than hope that is driving Henry through each scarring battle.
Will his good fortune outlast his fate?
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