Reed Ide

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“Blood on Her Hands” by Reed Ide

Submitted to Contest #152

Blood on Her Hands By Reed Ide  “Bonjour, monsieur.” The voice interrupted my concentration. I was in the kitchen, struggling to bring order to an array of herbs and spices, their jars strewn across my sturdy chestnut table. I turned toward the screen door. There she stood, slightly bent, shawl wrapped tightly about her, a faded housedress partly visible, her hair muddled carelessly in a hairnet. “Madame Boucher,” she said, extending a veined hand. In 1999, I bought an 18th century farm in the mountainous Ardeche region of sout...

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