Duke opened his mouth to try to explain, then gestured to Audrey, who was already digging in her pocket, yanking out a copy of an old newspaper photo.
"You just carry that thing around?" he said, a little helplessly. Audrey glared at him and thrust it at Octavia.
It was blurred, a copy of a copy, but the details were still there to be made out. The dead man in the foreground, lying against an old wooden post. The woman standing tall in the center, with Audrey's face. The boy next to her, who Octavia had a bit higher a chance of recognizing as eight year old Duke Crocker.
"I don't know anything about that photo. About that woman. Except that her name was Lucy Ripley, she helped people, and she bought flowers once. Oh, and now apparently that she gave Duke here a locket!"
"I wasn't keeping it a secret on purpose," Duke tried. "I just -- don't like to talk about it."
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Re: As You Were - epilogue
Date: 2020-09-20 06:12 pm (UTC)"You just carry that thing around?" he said, a little helplessly. Audrey glared at him and thrust it at Octavia.
It was blurred, a copy of a copy, but the details were still there to be made out. The dead man in the foreground, lying against an old wooden post. The woman standing tall in the center, with Audrey's face. The boy next to her, who Octavia had a bit higher a chance of recognizing as eight year old Duke Crocker.
"I don't know anything about that photo. About that woman. Except that her name was Lucy Ripley, she helped people, and she bought flowers once. Oh, and now apparently that she gave Duke here a locket!"
"I wasn't keeping it a secret on purpose," Duke tried. "I just -- don't like to talk about it."