We didn’t even bother going to Dewey’s first to drop off the aluminum foil before heading straight to my place so I could tell my mother about this strange woman who called herself my “aunt.” My mother met us in the kitchen. Quickly, I told my mother everything that had happened, the words fighti...
She found herself thinking often about Dan Truitt. Maybe a little too often. The man had obviously made an impression on her. Those thoughts were accompanied by feelings she hadn’t felt for a long time. Not since Billy had died in that fatal crash back when Abe was just two years old. It was some...
They loomed far above the street, blocking out what little night light there was. Even the streetlamps were spaced farther apart out here. We crossed over Blackberry Creek and I realized we were headed way out of Alvin. “Where are we going?” “A few miles outside of town. It’s exactly how I guesse...