Mildred looked at him over the top of her reading glasses.“Almost.” Manny picked up the blue glass bowl of pea pods and took his seat on the couch in front of the muted TV. The power had come on a little over an hour ago. The Emergency Alert System had burped incessantly letting them know about a...
A boy. She blinked back tears. Hers to hold for only a little while. Caressing his head, she smoothed aside his bloody hair then counted his fingers. Ten perfect ones. His toes. Ten wonderful ones.Lifting him into her arms, she cleaned his face. Two slightly mushed ears. A button nose. Bright blu...
The food settled like lead shot in his gut. Damn Lister. The Marine had tossed him under the bus by telling Mavis about the sabotage.Something David himself had been forced to swear to keep to himself.And then she’d looked at him.And he’d spied the pain in her hazel eyes.He tossed his garbage on ...