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    No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from - George Eliot

    AU (Non-ZA): A traffic stop in the October rain while his partner's on paternity leave allows Deputy Shane Walsh to provide a way out for Carol as she flees her abusive marriage to keep her baby daughter safe. Grandma Jean's house turns out to be exactly the sort of refuge Carol's looking for, as she meets Dixons, Greenes, and all the other colorful characters of King County.

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