Frankie Joe's life is about to change in a big way. He lives in a trailer park in Laredo, TX and is saying good bye to his neighbors. Circumstances with his mom mean that he will meet his father for the first time and live with him for 10 months. Frankie's dad is not particularly talkative as ...
Bertha doesn’t smile when she hands me my pass. Chief Beaumont isn’t smiling, either. “Vandals struck again,” he says. His mouth is a straight ruler. A rigid strip. His shirt wet under the armpits. The sweet-sour tang of sweat fills my nose, and I wonder if I’m smelling his sweat . . . or mine. “...