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In a small room in the upstairs portion of the Gulley home beats Edmund’s heart.

It is surrounded by a pleasing thatch of straw.

“Can’t beat straw for thatching hearts,” one amateur cardiologist had enthused. Lacking the input of anyone with better judgment, Mr. Gulley had complied.

The truth is that Mr. Gulley is afraid that he will make his son’s life even worse than his was.

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