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He was a former Marine. He could speak in colors of red white and blue with other colors thrown in on extra special occasions. While stationed in various countries he had picked up some of the more…useful…words of the local dialects. And he would use them when the occasion warranted. And sometimes there were only certain words that fit the situation. But if Stella was ever around he did his best to rein the language in. Occasionally when especially affected by a case he'd let a word slip but not too often. Lindsay was a country girl, for some reason he did not feel the same need for restraint around her. But Stella, to him, was the embodiment of femininity. Sure she could swear. She could probably match him word for word, language for language. But he could not bring himself to do it. She was a woman. The strongest he knew. He could treat her better than any queen or princess and it'd not be half what she deserved.
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