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    Incident in Lake City
    Incident in Lake City
    Incident in Lake City
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    Incident in Lake City

    By Emil Metallic

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    . . . doomed by protection, they were poisoned with perfection, there was nothing else they wanted, there was nothing left to buy.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEmil Metallic
    Release dateAug 20, 2022
    ISBN9781005884758
    Incident in Lake City
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    Emil Metallic

    Emil Metallic writes stories based on people and places he knows or has known. Names are changed to protect the author.

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      Incident in Lake City - Emil Metallic

      Incident in Lake City

      By Emil Metallic

      Copyright 2022

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      Windsor Hodge was an Air Force vet working on a business degree at the University of Georgia in Atlanta when he met Amy, an English major who dropped out of school when they got married shortly after he graduated. When Windsor’s uncle hired him to help manage a string of fast food restaurants in northwestern Washington state, they moved into a mediterranean ranch-style on Birch Street, in the Lake City suburb of Seattle. About a month later, the Buckinghams moved into the mediterranean

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