It was as dark outside as it had been when she got to work that morning, and cold gusts of wind blew dried leaves and bits of trash around her feet. Across the street, a lone truck sat in front of the High Lonesome. Lainie waited for an eighteen-wheeler to roar by, then ran across the road.  ...
By the time everybody got settled and seated and the attention had turned from Kaitlyn and Steven’s engagement to the game on the field, Jess was sitting next to Lainie on the end. “Nope, not really.” Lainie propped her feet up on the back edge of the bleacher in front of ...