Their laughter was like the stridulation of the ghosts of grasshoppers.
I__ an old man, now. I__e been alone since my 17th birthday. I__ wanted to marry, have a bunch of kids, and maybe be a grandpa. The big family around the Thanksgiving table, laughing and pouring wine and cracking jokes and harmlessly teasing the missus__ wanted that. I wanted to do something good with my life__omething right. I didn__ want what happened to Danny, my best childhood friend, to be the only mark I__ ever make in this world. But I thought it best not to fancy such hopes and dreams: a family, love. I__ been cursed by my best friend, and I thought it right not to inflict that curse on anyone who__ be foolish enough to love me.
The End of Summer: Thirteen Tales of Halloween
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I__ an old man, now. I__e been alone since my 17th birthday. I__ wanted to marry, have a bunch of kids, and maybe be a grandpa. The big family around the Thanksgiving table, laughing and pouring wine and cracking jokes and harmlessly teasing the missus__ wanted that. I wanted to do something good with my life__omething right. I didn__ want what happened to Danny, my best childhood friend, to be the only mark I__ ever make in this world. But I thought it best not to fancy such hopes and dreams: a family, love. I__ been cursed by my best friend, and I thought it right not to inflict that curse on anyone who__ be foolish enough to love me.
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