She broke out of the group that held her and made her way back to Jack. Together they heard the scuffle, faintly, up on the platform, and then it grew quiet for several moments, a minute perhaps. Then she pointed and people around them gasped as a body plummeted from the heights. She couldn’t tel...
He holds the knife. He thinks that Jesus has probably used this knife many times, as he sat and schemed with vacant eyes over a modest but charred table while Jesus’ aunt preached the love of God to him. He hears her voice in the walls…He used to be a good kid…and Fist thinks, His time is almost ...
The house stayed quiet, other than the pounding of the big cop’s fist. A breeze herded fallen leaves inside the gutters and across the roof. Fall was coming fast. A few days ago everything had still been green. Mike pushed Duncan aside, making eye contact, and tried the door. It swung open. Mike ...