I was too astonished to reply, and I guess my mom had said all she wanted to say. I finally spoke, but I didn’t say anything original. “Bill Dykstra asked you to leave Warner Pier?” “That’s what I said.” “But he didn’t tell you why?” “That’s what I said, Lee!” “I heard it, I simply can’t absorb i...
The woman’s hair was short and wavy, and the man had a bald pate with a fluffy halo.After Sissy got out of the truck, Joe would have driven off immediately, but Wildflower motioned to us, so we both got out. I recalled Wildflower’s remark about Joe—saying it had been a mistake for Sissy to consul...