Is it true, then, Mayor?” Grandmother Miss Lacy Thornton warbled from the end of the counter. “Is Jesse Tatum officially dead?””Dead is such an unflattering term,” he said, sliding onto his stool. “I prefer to think of Jesse as… passe.”The Azalea Women gasped.”What’s passe mean?” Tinks Williams asked the Colonel, his voice low.”Dead,” the Colonel said, refilling Tink’s iced tea.

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