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CRYSTAL MASQUERADE By Susan Willingham The girl didnβt know how she got there, but it seemed as though she had been with them her entire life. She had suddenly found herself living with a family where the people were made of crystals. They had the form of a normal flesh and blood person, but there were tiny, gleaming jewels of different colors making up their eyes, lips, hair, and skin. They looked like crystal dolls. The entire family was outwardly beautiful, each part of their perfect bodies
When Lee returns to New Orleans after his mysterious disappearance he finds that the people closest to him have moved on with their lives but he is just beginning his. Needing to move on from his indulgent past, he must come to terms with a truth that he is not ready to know, and own the hurt that he has inflicted on his world.