The Bluebird Truck
The old man from Cheyenne drove up my lane on Saturday morning in a rented flatbed, with the blue Peterbilt strapped to the back and the little bluebird on the …
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The Wooden Spoon
I got into the passenger seat of the gray Lexus, with the wooden spoon of my grandmother in my purse and the smell of fryer oil still in my hair, …
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The woman who walked through my office door was sixty two years old, in a blue cardigan and sensible shoes, with a worn leather purse over her arm and a …
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The woman who got out of the rental car at six that evening was fifty six years old, with a gray wool coat and a leather satchel, and she looked …
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Carl Wexley slid his computer screen across the counter, and I looked at the picture of my daughter standing at the pawn shop counter with her hand on the back …
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The man in the leather jacket was named Darrell Voss, and he did not threaten me. He pulled out a kitchen chair, turned it around, and sat down with his …
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Mr. Ashworth led me through the lobby of Oak Ridge Country Club to a small office behind the front desk, set my pecan pie carefully on his blotter, and unlocked …
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The voice on the radio belonged to a man I did not know, and the girl he named belonged to me. I am Geraldine Fairley, seventy three years old, with …
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Kristal Voss laid the thick folder on the table of the title office, opened it, and turned it so that I could read my own name on the tab. I …
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The silver haired woman in the navy dress stopped at the front of the sanctuary, laid one hand on the polished wood beside the flowers, and turned to face two …
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