Soo-bo said, inches from my face. I blinked sleep from my eyes. Standing in front of me was my daughter, ready to begin her day. The morning light was still low and I needed more sleep. I ached from long hours of hard work. But I didn’t mind. I had saved Soo-bo from starving. &n...
Townsend for you,” Mrs. Detweiller said through the door left open when Mike went out. Damn that man! Julie said to herself when she finished the phone conversation with the chairman of the trustees. Of course it made sense to have another board meeting. There were two big items of business: to r...
That point, which was to bring irreversible change to Hook Road, came on a clear autumn morning. The sun had risen singular in a cloudless sky to beam down hotly, glistening the melted frost on the browning weeds and grass on the banks of the headland. There was no wind. The caw of a crow rang cl...