Leo stood at the top waiting. He wiped his forehead with the back of his shirt sleeve and grinned, yelled something to one of the other men working the belt. Adam tipped the load, letting it pour in. He backed up the forklift, spun it around and set the empty bin back on the trailer. Loren waved ...
I lay with my eyes closed, not yet ready to face the world or whoever was outside on the front steps. The chime sounded again and then someone decided to try the old-fashioned version of asking for admittance, pounding on the door with a fist. I groaned and pushed the blankets back, my tolerance ...
She intended to test the level of acidity and see how close to harvest they really were. The vines were heavy with fruit this year, the wine berries exorbitantly large. It would be a terrific crop. They only needed to have everything run like clockwork for magic to happen. She heard the hum of th...