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"It seems they call her Folsom Dubois"
"Are you sure about that? Not Roy?"
Sara showed Roy the writing on the card "That's what it says; they named her Folsom Dubois"
Roy could not believe it He slu chair and stared at the card "But why on earth Folsom?"
"Well, it does sound a lot better than a girl named Roy, doesn't it?"
Roy chuckled and shook his head I'll be, a little girl na else?"
"No, they wrote to say hello and tell you about their new daughter By the date on the card, I suspect she's now about the sae as Billy"
"What's this Roy?"
Abe was about to reach out and grab the dusty holster and six-shooters on the hearth, but Roy roughly grabbed his wrist, stopping Abe before he could touch them
"Please don't touch that It's my pops"
Sara sensed an aard moment occurred and witnessed an abrupt shift in Roy's de he spoke too harshly, Roy softened the tone of his voice "Abe, can you and Billy give so Roy Come on Billy, I'll show you around"
Roy sat back down in the rocker and sighed Having the Johansson family invade his home broke down some invisible barriers Roy was not aware of The emotions he kept hidden away suddenly felt heavy and burdensoan to tell Sara, the whole story about his family and the war The faave hihts He poured out the details for Sara and hid nothing fro Roy's hand It was a long story and one which Roy had never shared with anyone before
Starting with his grandfather's arrival in the Arizona territory, Roy spelled out the details of each family member and how their short lives had ended, which eventually left Roy alone on this faric end, it was evident to Sara that Roy was struggling with forgotten feelings Roy had never been this e the intimate details of his life with Sara was easy When the story about Stanley became the centerpiece of Roy's history, it was apparent to Sara that Stanley was like a brother to Roy Choking on his words, Roy relived Stanley's death once again
As Roy unveiled the tragedy of the war, Stanley's death, and his incident in France with Michelle Dubois, he took his time to make sure he did not miss any details To Sara, she could sense the profound respect of Roy, toward this woly explained Michelle's rape, he also had to expose his eant Fassbender E with; a man not entirely proud of his actions